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March 15, 2009
Now Playing...er, Twittering
I've given in and joined the world if Twitter.
Let it never be said that I don't submit to peer pressure.
Well...the good kind of peer pressure.[image error]
Let it never be said that I don't submit to peer pressure.
Well...the good kind of peer pressure.[image error]
March 13, 2009
FlyCon 2009
If you've never attended an online convention, now's the time!
FlyCon is an international, round-the-clock LiveJournal-based SF/F convention. Panels will be running all weekend, at all hours. A schedule can be found here (complete with multiple time zones).
Even if you can't attend them live, be sure to check out the archived threads. I've already skimmed a few, and there's lots of great information to be found.[image error]
FlyCon is an international, round-the-clock LiveJournal-based SF/F convention. Panels will be running all weekend, at all hours. A schedule can be found here (complete with multiple time zones).
Even if you can't attend them live, be sure to check out the archived threads. I've already skimmed a few, and there's lots of great information to be found.[image error]
March 12, 2009
A Surprise Blurb
Q: What's more exciting that receiving a new author blurb on your debut novel?
A: Receiving one from an author you didn't even know had the manuscript!
Yesterday I read and reread part of an email forwarded by my agent. I kept trying to figure out if I knew someone named Patty. Then I looked at the last name, and finally figured it out (bit of a dumbstruck, blond moment, I think).
A: Receiving one from an author you didn't even know had the manuscript!
Yesterday I read and reread part of an email forwarded by my agent. I kept trying to figure out if I knew someone named Patty. Then I looked at the last name, and finally figured it out (bit of a dumbstruck, blond moment, I think).
Three Days to Dead is gritty, imaginative and a terrific read. Debut
author Kelly Meding is a real storyteller and I
March 10, 2009
Fun With Used Books, aka Take Away That Girl's Wallet!
So I have a weakness for used books. Not books that are currently still available via booksellers or Amazon, but older books. Out of print books. Weird titles I've never seen on a shelf in Borders.
After getting somewhat lost looking for an auction house today, my parents and I discovered a small thrift store/indoor flea market tucked away in a little town north of Wilmington (DE, not NC). Okay, so not really small, since it was three stories of an old furniture store building.
I love walking
After getting somewhat lost looking for an auction house today, my parents and I discovered a small thrift store/indoor flea market tucked away in a little town north of Wilmington (DE, not NC). Okay, so not really small, since it was three stories of an old furniture store building.
I love walking
March 7, 2009
Three Ways...
...I geeked out today.
1. I saw Watchmen, and I loved it. It's not a perfect movie, but it could easily become one of my favorites. And someone give Jeffrey Dean Morgan some sort of award for his tour de force performance. Holy crap!
2. I bought the soundtrack for Repo! The Genetic Opera. Awesome music. Definitely rocks out well in the car with the bass up. *g*
3. I splurged on a pair of earrings from Hot Topic! that are silver angel wings inside of large hoops, because the wings remind me
1. I saw Watchmen, and I loved it. It's not a perfect movie, but it could easily become one of my favorites. And someone give Jeffrey Dean Morgan some sort of award for his tour de force performance. Holy crap!
2. I bought the soundtrack for Repo! The Genetic Opera. Awesome music. Definitely rocks out well in the car with the bass up. *g*
3. I splurged on a pair of earrings from Hot Topic! that are silver angel wings inside of large hoops, because the wings remind me
March 5, 2009
H.S.S, or Hit Send, Stupid!
A year ago, back when I was still querying, I'd have these little moments of hesitation. I'd have the query letter formatted into an email space, with the first few pages pasted into the bottom. I'd double and triple-check the agent information, my salutation, everything. If it was a request for pages, I'd double and triple-check the attachment. Anything to avoid hitting SEND.
Then my finger would hover on the mouse, with the pointer over the SEND button. And hover. And hover. Until a litt
Then my finger would hover on the mouse, with the pointer over the SEND button. And hover. And hover. Until a litt
March 3, 2009
When Is a Twist.....
....not really a twist?
When it's a cop-out. Or when you know a show still has at least one season left, and one of the major story lines can't possibly continue in the same direction it's been going, so the big, last-scene revelation isn't all that shocking. Okay, it's not even a tiny bit shocking.
I'm looking at you, Nip/Tuck. You had me up until that final phone call. Argh!!!
I love it when writers make the hard choices. I love it when difficult situations have difficult solutions. I love
When it's a cop-out. Or when you know a show still has at least one season left, and one of the major story lines can't possibly continue in the same direction it's been going, so the big, last-scene revelation isn't all that shocking. Okay, it's not even a tiny bit shocking.
I'm looking at you, Nip/Tuck. You had me up until that final phone call. Argh!!!
I love it when writers make the hard choices. I love it when difficult situations have difficult solutions. I love
March 1, 2009
Writers' Rooms
If you were ever oddly curious about what a writer's work area looks like (or mine, in particular), hop over to the League of Reluctant Adults for Jeanne C. Stein's lastest post.
And yes, my work space really looks like that. Only messier. And often with a cat perched in front of the monitor, obscuring my view.[image error]
And yes, my work space really looks like that. Only messier. And often with a cat perched in front of the monitor, obscuring my view.[image error]
February 28, 2009
Updates
I continued to be amazed and impressed by the level of detail that goes into a book's production. Two emails have come from production with questions about certain lines in TDTD, most of them issues of logic. Making sure that yes, it's what I intended it to say, or that the meaning is clear. It's funny how much using "until" instead of "at" will completely change the meaning of a sentence. The production peeps overseeing my book are awesome in their thoroughness.
Yesterday was officially eigh
Yesterday was officially eigh
February 26, 2009
Dark Fantasy on Display
I popped into my local Barnes & Noble today, for no real reason. Okay, I lie. I always go in there with the intention to browse, and almost always come out with a bag of books. It's sad, really, but I'm doing my part to stimulate my favorite industry. That's a good excuse, right?
Anyway, near the Information Desk, B&N had set up a center table with signs that said "Dark Fantasy Picks." Intrigued, I wandered over. To my sheer delight, it was packed with urban fantasy and paranormal romance a
Anyway, near the Information Desk, B&N had set up a center table with signs that said "Dark Fantasy Picks." Intrigued, I wandered over. To my sheer delight, it was packed with urban fantasy and paranormal romance a
