For those reading along with GHOST TALKERS? Chapter 13 is up.
Those of you reading along? Here’s the next chapter.
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An analogy for white people: Walking while black is as deadly as being a redshirt on Star Trek.
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
Chapter 11 and 12 are up of GHOST TALKERS and here’s a map of Le Havre from 1913
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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GHOST TALKERS 11 is up, plus a picture of my cat.
Someone might be a little bit chilly.
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GHOST TALKERS chapter 10 is up
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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VALOUR AND VANITY is on the Kirkus Best Fiction Books of 2014 list
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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Ghost Talkers 9 is up
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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My Favorite Bit: Jessica Leake talks about ARCANA
Jessica Leake is joining us today with her novel Arcana. Here’s the publisher’s description. A romantic, suspenseful, genre-bending debut set in Edwardian London. Amid the sumptuous backdrop of the London season in 1905, headstrong Katherine Sinclair must join the ranks of debutantes vying for suitors. Unfortunately for Katherine, she cannot imagine anything more loathsome—or dangerous. To help
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GHOST TALKERS chapter 8 is up
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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NaNoWriMo and a note to writers about process
During NaNoWriMo, it’s pretty common to see people who doubt that they can write, because they are struggling with NaNo. I love the event and it works well for the way my brain is wired. It’s not for everybody. Just because I work better with a deadline doesn’t mean you will. I’ve also seen people
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Chapter 7 of GHOST TALKERS is up!
Last night I crossed the 25k mark in the race to NaNoWriMo winner status and am at 26,734 today. Technically, the novel is actually at 31,496 words but some of those were written before NaNo started. Meanwhile, for those of you reading along, here is Chapter 7.
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Chapter 6 is up
For those of you reading along with Ghost Talkers, I just posted Chapter 6. If you are curious, I finished the poem that is masking the book cipher and inserted it and the decoding into Chapter 5. For those not reading along, this might be amusing and doesn’t involve spoilers. When I was writing the chapter, I
Protected: Ghost Talkers: 6
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Chapter 5 is up and I’m heading back to Chicago
For those of you reading along, Chapter 5 is posted. I am not finished with Chapter 7, because World Fantasy. However, since I’ll be on a train when I finish it, I figure I’ll go ahead and indulge by posting 5 now. I did fairly well at continuing to write during the convention, but obviously
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