I just crossed the NaNoWriMo finish line, which is not the same thing as having a completed novel. I have the first 50,118 words of a novel with another 30k or so to go. This is the point at which I will take stock of what I’ve written thus far. This is not necessarily an […]
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Those of you reading along? Here’s the next chapter.
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My dear fellow white science-fiction fans, let me use an analogy to try to explain one reason why people are so angry about what’s happening in Ferguson. If you only watch one episode of Star Trek (original series), the fact that a guy in a red shirt dies is tragic, but eh— that’s television. But
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I actually posted chapter 11 yesterday, but the post wound up on the wrong date– long story, and boring. SO! Here is Chapter 11, along with Chapter 12. I am noticing that these chapters tend to be shorter than the ones in the Glamourist Histories, which I think is because this has more thriller pacing. Though
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Someone might be a little bit chilly.
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If you’re reading along, here is Chapter 10. In theory, I’ve just hit the mid-way point on the novel. I say “in theory” because I often find that I need to add or delete scenes in the end chapters. So far the beats of the novel has stayed true to what I had planned in
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This is a very shiny thing. Kirkus put out their best of the year list, and Valour and Vanity is on it. Squee! “Combining history, magic and adventure, the book balances emotional depth with buoyant storytelling.” Renowned glamourists Lord and Lady Vincent become the victims of an elaborate scam that leaves them in dire straits until
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If you are reading along, Chapter 9 is up. I stalled for a day because I realized that Chapter 11 had no visible conflict in it. There were plot things that needed to happen, but the outline just had them happening and it was… dull. So, I had a day of replotting that scene, which
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Today while working on Chapter 10, I committed the typo, “The bulldong looked over his shoulder.” It was tempting to leave it as a present for my copy-editor. Meanwhile, for those of you reading along, here is Chapter 8.
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