Elizabeth Schechter's Blog, page 49
July 29, 2013
Writer, on writing
GMC.
It stands for Goal, Motivation, Conflict. This acronym is tossed around a lot in modern writing circles (especially among romance writers). It comes from the Debra Dixon book entitled, oddly enough,Goal, Motivation and Conflict.
What is means is that when you write your characters, you need to keep in mind their ultimate goal, what is motivating them towards that goal, and what stands in the way of that goal.
Or, to put it another way, it is the writerly equivalent of a character standing u...
July 26, 2013
Profundity
A friend of mine lost her parents this week. Her father died Tuesday night, her mother died Thursday afternoon. Wednesday was their 59th wedding anniversary.
Naturally, there have been comments about how romantic it was that they essentially went together. But it just hit me HOW romantic it was.
He went first… and held the door for her.
July 22, 2013
To those who have gone before
This week… what can I say about this week?
How about “Damn it, I want a reset button?”
This week, in the space of three days, I lost two good friends.
Marty Gear was East Coast Fandom’s Uncle Vlad (as you can see above. He did vampire cos-play before it was cool.) He was surrogate father, grandfather, favorite uncle to many, many people. He was a SMOF (a Secret Master of Fandom), someone who had rubbed elbows with the Grand Masters, and he was hugely influential in costuming and in fandom in gen...
July 15, 2013
William, meet the Succubus…
Another excerpt fromHouse of Sable Locks.
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William entered the room on Madame’s heels, expecting a laboratory, and eager to see what the famous Simon Carstair’s personal workshop would look like, if it would be anything like the man’s workshop at the Academy. He was taken aback for a moment when the room that they entered seemed to be nothing more than a large garret, full of draped furniture and cast off odds-and-ends. Then he saw the draperies along the walls, and rising above them, the m...
July 11, 2013
Well, now. That was quick…
The first review of House of Sable Locks went up on Tumblr this morning.
But today I ended up reading this entire book, the House of Sable Locks (link below, and in title)
In one sitting
Because I couldn’t stop
You NEED to read this. It’s $5. It’s insanely hot (Erotica, NSFW). It is a BDSM dark steampunk romance with a touch of Hannibal-esque horror (not eating people, but manipulation and emotional and physical abuse) about the Succubus, a room-sized Victorian clockwork automaton with a dark sec...
July 10, 2013
House of Sable Locks — an excerpt
Here, meet William.
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There was barely enough light to read in William Sotherby’s tiny garret room. The cold autumn rain traced paths of silver through the grime on the tiny window; perhaps if it rained all week he’d be able to see again without squinting. When the townhouse had belonged to his father, this tiny room had housed an upstairs maid. Now the room offered William a modicum of privacy, although it could not shelter him completely from the disapproval of his guardian, his late mother...
July 8, 2013
Help for Ari.
I don’t usually get rabid about things… until they hit home.
This is my friend Ari. I’ve quoted from here:
My daughter and I need your help.
Just over three months ago, I escaped from an abusive relationship. My now ex-partner of two years, beat me.
He constantly insisted that I was stupid and useless, monitored every email account, geotracked my phone, accessed every call and text. During the last six months of the relationship the abuse escalated exponentially, and included an incident where I...
July 6, 2013
My mind is officially blown…
And I just got a message through Facebook. Someone in SWITZERLAND picked the book up after Laura Antoniou mentioned it on Facebook this morning.
She finished it just a few minutes ago. And had to tell me how much she loved it, and that she was starting it over again.
It’s OUT???
Apparently, Amazon and Barnes and Noble are much more efficient than we gave them credit for being. The release that was supposed to happen in July 9th happened June 26th!!!!
SO…
Now available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble
HOUSE OF SABLE LOCKS!!!
June 27, 2013
New cover art!!!
I am in love!!!
The novel is coming soon. How soon? Ah… next two weeks, I think? I’ll let you all know!
