Luna (Lindsey) Corbden's Blog, page 12

Anatomy of a Magic System

I posted over at Indie Urban Fantasy last week, on the topic "Anatomy of a Magic System".  Here is the beginning of that article, and a link if you'd like to read the rest.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke

 
At my writer's critique group last week, one reviewer asked of a fellow-novelist, "Your character used a lot of magic here. What does it cost your character?" Like any good writer, he had an answer -- an answer he assures...

Going Indie

It's 1994.  I've finally gotten over my prudish attitude towards music, and I start listening to pop.  Move to 1996. I'm a little late to the party, but my ears can now tolerate rock.  And I'm falling in love with alternative.  The top 40 charts, ironically, are being taken over by indie music, or at least music that has been made to sound as indie as possible.  1997, MTV plays a video by Reel Big Fish called "Sell Out" that opening mocks the music industry, which can no longer survive withou...

Letting My Characters Be Themselves

Sometimes my characters say things I disagree with and do things I never would.  Rarely, I censor them, for example if it wouldn't be that big of a deal, wouldn't hurt the story or take away from their character.  But usually I let them be who they are  This comes with some risk.

If a protagonist says something I disagree with, I worry that my readers may think I would also say something like that.  Oddly, I'm more worried about offending people I do know as opposed to complete strangers.

Somet...

I'm not a vampire, but I was interviewed..

I was interviewed by Kipp Poe for his blog. The topic? On writing. Here's an excerpt:

What is the most productive time of the day for you to write?
My most productive time is when the inspiration strikes me.  The second most productive time is when I make myself sit down and write something, whether I want to or not.  There doesn't seem to be a particular time of day.  I do have a routine that helps.  I should be well-fed, have a candle lit, a steaming cup of tea on the warmer, and my...

Changing Blog Services

I'm saying goodbye to WordPress. They limit a lot of the types of links you can include, which made Amazon links less pretty and more difficult to set up. I'm finding Blogger is impressively more flexible and easy to use.

I've copied my posts here from the old blog. Sadly, I had to leave all comments behind. :( I knew this move was coming though, and decided it would be easier to do it sooner than later.

The domain name changes are taking a while, so for now, www.lunalindsey.com is pointing...

Make Willing the Prey

It's published!



Faeries: Cute, sparkly, magical and serene. Only one of these is true; They're magical. Save the rest for vampires. If you attract the attention of a faerie, you might wish all they wanted is your blood.

Sandy Windham is a lonely history major piled up to her elbows in books, facts, and the names of dead kings. Old wars and dynastic successions mean more to her than finding love. She's the least likely person to ever believe in faeries, and she especially wouldn't want to ma...

Make Willing the Prey

It's published!

Faeries: Cute, sparkly, magical and serene.  Only one of these is true; They're magical.  Save the rest for vampires.  If you attract the attention of a faerie, you might wish all they wanted is your blood.

Sandy Windham is a lonely history major piled up to her elbows in books, facts, and the names of dead kings. Old wars and dynastic successions mean more to her than finding love.  She's the least likely person to ever believe in faeries, and she especially wouldn't want to...

Faerie Tales

Make Willing the Prey is still not quite out. I hit refresh on my Amazon DTP bookshelf every hour or two, but that's not making it go any faster. :)

I'm really excited about this story. It's the longest thing I've ever completed. The characters are great. The pacing and plot turned out much better than I expected before the rewrite. The genre is booming right now (dark urban fantasy -- thanks Twilight!) I'm tackling an oft-ignored supernatural race: faeries. I'm returning them to their...

Defcon, Writer's Group, and Publishing

Three topics that have nothing to do with one another!

Two weekends ago, I attended Defcon with Roland. Last year, I live-blogged the event, but that was a different year, a different blog. :) This year, I learned interesting things about facial recognition software, cyberwarfare, psychosonics, and how to flirt. The first three I learned via talks, and the latter I learned via practice at parties.

As Defcons go, this one was very uneventful. There were only two things of note: GSM cellphon...

Faerie Tales

Make Willing the Prey is still not quite out.  I hit refresh on my Amazon DTP bookshelf every hour or two, but that's not making it go any faster. 

I'm really excited about this story.  It's the longest thing I've ever completed.  The characters are great.  The pacing and plot turned out much better than I expected before the rewrite.  The genre is booming right now (dark urban fantasy — thanks Twilight!)  I'm tackling an oft-ignored supernatural race: faeries.  I'm returning them to their f...