Bleah

by | May 29, 2014 | Fiction, Me, Original Fic, Stone Chronicles, Writing

Working on The Source right now, about 47,000 words in, and I’ve hit a slog. That is to say, one of those times when I just start thinking everything I’m writing is deadly dull, slower than frozen molasses, and every one of my pocket-sized fanbase is just...

Gen Con

by | May 18, 2014 | Fiction, Freelancing, Me, Writing

This morning was the time to sign up for events at Gen Con. Happily, I got everything I asked for, including the Read and Critique seminar (always a favorite) and all of the Writers’ Symposium seminars I requested, even the ones featuring Jim Butcher. I feel a...

Long time no post

by | May 11, 2014 | Fiction, Freelancing, Me, Shadowrun Fic, Writing

I’m still not as good as I should be about keeping this up–mostly because it seems silly to talk to myself and I still haven’t gotten around to figuring out how to boost this thing so people actually see it. But even if I’m just talking to...

So much for every day

by | May 1, 2014 | Fiction, Me, Writing

Okay, so maybe I’m not so great at updating this every day. I think it’s partially because I have no idea if anyone’s even reading it. Haven’t had one comment yet, so I feel like I’m talking to myself. Anyway, I just finished reading...

Back

by | Apr 24, 2014 | Faces of Blood, Fiction, Me, Original Fic, Stone Chronicles, Writing

I meant to try updating this every day, but I’ve missed a couple of days because we headed out for a quick trip to Las Vegas. I haven’t been back there for years–it was fun, though I’d have liked a bit more time. The highlight was the David...

Weekend

by | Apr 21, 2014 | Faces of Blood, Fiction, Freelancing, Stone Chronicles, Writing

Spent the weekend working on the new assignment. Having a lot of fun with it, though it’s taking longer than my own stuff (a lot longer) because I keep going back over it, second-guessing myself. (“Is it good enough? Is it exciting enough? Will people like...

Nervous but excited

by | Apr 18, 2014 | Fiction, Freelancing, Me, Writing

So I’ve got this new assignment to work on, and I’m super excited about it. I’m also super nervous. I’ve got some big shoes to fill, following in the wake of some extremely popular work that’s come before. My inner critic keeps telling...

Hmm…wonder if anyone’s reading

by | Apr 17, 2014 | Me, Site

I really need to learn to market myself. It’s a skill I’ve never been good at: despite having people that I trust to know such things tell me that I’m decent at writing, I never quite believe it enough to put myself out there and go “Look at...

Beginnings (finally!)

by | Apr 15, 2014 | Fiction, Source, Stone Chronicles, Writing

Inspired by yesterday’s post, I spent some time fleshing out the outline for The Source last night. I’ve known for a while that this one was going to need a solid outline before I could start it—more solid than I usually do. Like “here’s what...