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Edited For Content

I didn’t meet my writing goal the other day, so I didn’t get to paint. Came close, though. But close doesn’t cut it when you have deadlines.

Trust me. Editorshatewhen you start an email off with “So I was trying to work out some of the plot details and…”. You may as well be admitting “I was on Reddit and next thing I know I’m watching cat videos at 4 in the morning.” Editors — so damn particular, right?

I was looking over the Horror Writers Association guidelines the other day and realized that...

Meeting My Goal

I screwed up yesterday and forgot that Thursday is a writing day. Granted, it’s not aWraithkinwriting day, but it’s still a “get something down on paper, you lazy bum” sort of day. Which I totally forgot in my haste to paint my Bretonian knights. *sigh*

So today is going to be a writing day, which is rare, because Friday’s are usually my best day to paint. I’m working on a bunch of horror stories right now in addition toWraithkinandThe GodsAnointed. I’m almost done with the followup toNightwal...

For the Puppies

I’ve been elbows deep inWraithkin, so please pardon my absence. I’ve added about 10,000 words to the book since Jan 1st, so I’m somewhat pleased. Add in the fact that I’ve also been working onThe Gods Anointedand keeping up with my book reviews (while battling the evil, nefarious flu and working full time) and I’m downright impressed with myself. The completion date of June 1 forWraithkinlooks to be right on target, so that’s a good thing I guess. Just having issues with one of the main chara...

Survived the Plague

Whoever cast “Plague of Angels” on me and my party can totally suck it. Do you know how bad I’ve been sick the past five days?

On the plus side, I’ve gotten a ton of sleep the last five days. While not entirely “restful”, (see: 100+ degree fever) it was still more sleep than I’d been getting the past few months. So excuse me if I’m not overly upset about not meeting my writing goals this week. Of course, that just means that next week I’ll have to crank it up a notch (bam! hehe).

Just letting e...

BCS AAR

I’m still sick, but I did feel good enough this evening to do some math. And the math says that, in spite of not liking the SEC (the math likes the SEC; I don’t), the SEC had the most bowl wins this year. Otherwise, the whole “Big Six” thing is a bit strange this year. Oklahoma made a great talking point after being dissed by the Bowl Committee, and then proceeded to get blown out by Texas A&M.

Bowl wins: (bold denotes BCS bowl victory)

ACC – 4-2: Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Florida S...

Cover Alert

One of the nice things about Perseid Publishing (one of my publishers) is that they love gorgeous covers. Behold, the cover of the Fantom Enterprises/Perseid Publishing joint venture forWhat Scares the Boogeyman?featuring my short story, “The Cold”.

What Scares the Boogeyman? cover: ©2013 Janet Morris

Door Charge

Doing some writing today, so it’s a short blog update.

–ReviewedCold Daysby Jim Butcher over at SBR. My first review of 2013. Yeah, I’m not reviewing as much. Yes, we’re looking for more reviewers.

–Cracked 50,000 words yesterday onWraithkin. Go me.

–Eating healthier foods. Last night –Brusselssprouts, tomato basil chicken sausage, orschetti (dafuq?) pasta and basil pesto. Surprisingly good. Today was chicken tomato soup with grilled mushrooms. Rice milk drink (almond and vanilla flavor) is diff...

Writing Sucks

Writing a difficult scene fromWraithkinright now and it’s tough going. Not because it’s being difficult, but because it’s a highly traumatic scene. It’s rough when you have a character thatneedsto go, because it’s the basis of the entire story arc. It’s still not easy, though, especially when you really like said character. It’s not like I’m George R R Martin, who indiscriminately murders main characters on a whim (okay, he probably doesn’t do it that way, but it sure feels like it sometimes)...

To Start Off With A Bang

Two of my major goals are to getWraithkinandWraithguardout. Not published, but merely out of my hands and into the hands of the Alpha Reader Squad. In order to accomplish this, I forced myself the other day to create a massive spreadsheet for word count. I think my word count goal (not including the blog or book reviews) was somewhere in the 370,000 range. It’s doable (in 2008 I cracked 500,000 words) but it is a lofty goal, primarily because of the dark and gritty undertones of both books. I...

Woe Betide

…and across the land did the faithful lament.

I am, of course, talking about the city of Lexington’s attitude about losing to Louisville in basketball. They lose to them all the time in football (it’s a Kentucky thing, belonging in the SEC and not giving a rat’s ass about football), which is no big deal. Kentucky is supposed to lose in football. However, lose in basketball, especially a team fromthatcity… well, now you’re looking at a very despondent and depressed city. A city that, even in th...