...probably needs a catchier name. Hm. This week's project is editing a submission for an anthology due in February. It's a story I wrote for another anthology last year, but wasn't happy with it by the time that was due and so it's been sitting on my hard drive for a while. I think I… Continue reading Weekly WIPs
Tag: works in progress
WIPs updates
I want to use this blog more often and more regularly, so I'm going to start with something simple: weekly updates of my works-in-progress. Most of this week I've concentrated on the not-quite-next story in the Wish series (the ones about Barnaby Sloan), which is currently called The Funeral Blues of Barnaby Sloan. The plan… Continue reading WIPs updates
Meme sign!
Feels like a meme sort of morning. Snagged this from Alex Beecroft who got it from Elin Gregory. The game is to find the word “look” in your current work in progress, and post an excerpt from that section of the manuscript. This is from The King's Diamond 2: The Search for a Good Subtitle.… Continue reading Meme sign!
Nanowrimo 2012
I've been an enthusiastic participant of Nanowrimo since I first learned of it in 2003. In fact, my first two novels started life as Nanowrimo projects. (Novel #1 got rewritten so much that the final version had only two scenes that were in the rough draft. Novel #2 mostly just lost the plot ninjas.) I'm… Continue reading Nanowrimo 2012
Nanowrimo 2012
I've been an enthusiastic participant of Nanowrimo since I first learned of it in 2003. In fact, my first two novels started life as Nanowrimo projects. (Novel #1 got rewritten so much that the final version had only two scenes that were in the rough draft. Novel #2 mostly just lost the plot ninjas.)I'm planning… Continue reading Nanowrimo 2012
100th post!
On this blog, anyway. I have another that's passed 10,000 but I've had it for ten years so it's only right. (And it's much sillier and more random than this one. You have been spared many bad puns and Simpsons references.)In celebration, meme! Spotted on Erastes's blog.1) Answer the 10 questions below.2) Spread the fun… Continue reading 100th post!
the year so far
Since it's the halfway point of the year, a little navel-gazing.For the last couple years I've participated in a year-long writing challenge called Get Your Words Out: there are various levels of goals to select from, you choose one and then you write. You can work on one project or many, whatever floats your boat,… Continue reading the year so far
Lucky 7 for the 7th – June
The rules:1. Go to page 77 (or 7th) of your current ms2. Go to line 73. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written. No cheating.Seven lines from the current WIP are under the jump.Read more »
having written my first 1000 words of the day, blogging time!
It's a new month, and that means a new story off the Big List of Next. (Have I mentioned the Big List before? It's a list of my upcoming goals. It never gets smaller, even when I cross stuff off. That's the course of the creative life, I suppose.) I've decided to participate in Camp… Continue reading having written my first 1000 words of the day, blogging time!
having written my first 1000 words of the day, blogging time!
It's a new month, and that means a new story off the Big List of Next. (Have I mentioned the Big List before? It's a list of my upcoming goals. It never gets smaller, even when I cross stuff off. That's the course of the creative life, I suppose.) I've decided to participate in Camp… Continue reading having written my first 1000 words of the day, blogging time!