Kelly McCullough's Blog, page 132

And then there were 14

I just got to write "THE END" on my 14th completed novel. SpellCrash is done, and with it the WebMage series. I feel simultaneously 1000 pounds lighter and yet somehow bereft. It's going to be a very strange couple of days, methinks.[image error]

On-Line Murder Trial Class

Technically, I got this from a romance list, but I thought that there might be some of you cross-genre writing folks:

***PERMISSION TO FORWARD GRANTED AND ENCOURAGED!!**
Announcing the Heart of Carolina Romance Writer's April Online Workshop:
April 2009 Workshop
How to Try a Murder
Instructor: Lucinda D. Schroeder
When: April 1-30, 2009
Cost: $20 for HCRW and CRW Members, $25 for All Others

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Before your protagonist can break the rules, she has to know them! Learn the facts about leg

Writing

I bought a Herman Miller scooter, which is a small computer table, and set it up in the living room next to Patrick's Adirondack chair. I've always kind of wondered why we had an Adirondack chair in the living room. Turns out it's very comfortable, if you are having back trouble. I spent most of February with pneumonia and a nasty backache, and I sat in the chair a lot. While I was sick, I played computer solitaire. I wasn't up to anything else.

Tonight, I have been sitting in the chair and worki

Realms of Fantasy, Un-R.I.P.ed

Hooray! Warren Lapine has purchased Realms of Fantasy and will be keeping it going.[image error]

Post-MarsCON Rant

I had one of those panels at MarsCON where, afterwards, I found myself still arguing. Strangely it was the most "fannish" of my panels, being about "The Day Star Wars Died for Me," but I ended up with probably the most literary thoughts left stuck in my head as any of the more writerly panels. What happened, in a nutshell, was this. There was a guy who was playing devil's advocate and acting as a George Lucas apologist, and he trotted out one of those tired old arguments I absolutely hate, ie, "

Monday Morning WIP Open Thread

Hey folks, what's up? I've got 10k words that need spinning this week to finish out the WebMage cycle: denouement-denouement-denouement! Once it's done and in beta I'm going to take a week or two and do nothing but watch movies and play video games. Then website update. After that I need to dig out the proposal for the next series and fine tune it before it goes to Ace, move Eye of Horus from beta to final, and maybe rewrite the first 3 chapters of Swine Prince so that it can stop moldering in m

Friday Cat Blogging

I like dis game!



Butt, I will kill you if it's the last thing I do!



Mine, mine, mine! Or: The writer at work.



Static cling cat is not amused.

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Free Fiction, Mine

Hey folks. I've got the first chapter of MythOS up as a sample on my website for anyone who might be inclined to take a look.

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