If you are interested in my process of going through a copy-edited manuscript, you can listen to me read aloud from Without a Summer. Mostly it’s catching things like repetitions or unintentional rhymes, but sometimes you’ll get to see my curse my own prose. I try to explain what I’m fixing and why. I’m starting
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Like many authors, I use a lot of different social media sites to make it as easy as possible for folks to keep up with me. Some of them make it easy for me to stay in touch with others, some seem to just frustrate me. What I want to do today is talk about
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I’m reading Tina Connolly’s debut novel Ironskin and loving it. It’s been described as Jane Eyre with fairies, and I can see why, but that doesn’t do justice to the fascinating world building that she’s done in creating a world where the Great War was fought against the Fae. Here’s Tina to talk about her Favorite
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So people are just now noticing that Romney wants to cut PBS’s funding and calls out Big Bird specifically. The puppetry community has been aware of this for quite awhile before last night’s debate. This is from months ago. I don’t even know where to start with the stupid embodied here. So I’m going to
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I’m starting with Chapter 10 today of the copy-edited manuscript of Without a Summer. At this point, there are definitely spoilers for previous events in the book, but if you are interested in process, feel free to drop in. It starts at 10am Central on Google+ via Even more reading aloud of WITHOUT A SUMMER
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I am continuing to read aloud from Without a Summer on Google+ If you are interested in process, this is the copy-edited manuscript which I am reading aloud in order to spot errors. You will get to see me find typos, inadvertent rhymes, and do a fair bit of grumbling. Totally educational. No, really. I
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I got to talk to Janci Patterson about her new YA novel Chasing the Skip when we recorded a Writing Excuses episode with her. The way she approached writing this book was completely fascinating and I so much enjoyed talking to her. While that episode isn’t up yet, you can listen to her talk to the
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As part of my process, I read my fiction aloud, even the novels. I’m reading the copy-edited manuscript of Without a Summer aloud in Google+. If you are interested in process, you’ll get to see me make corrections, discover repetition, and do a fair bit of grumbling. Totally educational! I started yesterday and am in
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I have a new story out in Apex called, “Weaving Dreams.” Here’s a teaser: Eva tossed her backpack on the picnic bench and hollered to Giancarlo. “I’m heading to the creek to cut some willow branches for the summoning spell.” The historian strode up the hill from their car with his gear slung over one
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I have to read the copy-edited manuscript of Without a Summer aloud, because it helps me spot errors. If you want to see how my editing process goes, feel free to drop in and listen. Fair warning: I will stop and start, read the same sentence multiple times, and make grumbling noises. It’s educational! So
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And by finished, I mean that I’ve typed The End and am ignoring all of the [brackets] that I need to go fix. For those reading along, that means that Chapters 23, 24, and 25 are now up. If you are interested in stats, this comes in at 93,167 words. I know at least two
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