Chapter 23 is up
If you are reading along, there’s a new chapter for you. And now I need to continue with doing laundry. Ah, the glamorous life of a novelist.
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Make me a heifer. For charity! I mean… That actually makes more sense than it sounds at first blush.
You’ve heard me talk about Pat Rothfuss’s Worldbuilders charity before. The basic idea is that the money you donate goes to Heifer International which “helps people raise themselves up out of poverty and starvation. Heifer promotes education, sustainable agriculture, and local industry all over the world. ” One of the ways they do this is
New chapter is up!
If you are reading along, Chapter 22 is up. And now I have some sewing and writing to do. La!
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Valour and Vanity read aloud
I’m going through the page proofs of Valour and Vanity and will be reading the novel aloud in a Google+ hangout over the next several days. If you are interested in process, you’ll get to see me adjusting the text and doing a fair bit of cursing my own prose. Each session will run about two hours.
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Reminder: I’m reading tonight, with Susanna Kearsley and Julie James at Anderson’s bookstore
Hey Chicago! You want to come to a reading tonight, don’t you? My friend Susanna Kearsley is on tour for her new book The Splendor Falls. Besides being smart and an excellent writer (her novel The Firebird was one of my favorite books last year) today is also her birthday. You know what would be a great present?
In which Rob and I rescue someone from being harassed on the train.
Rob and I were coming back from a date night, taking the Blue Line home on one of the bitterly cold nights last week. There was a couple two seats in front of us with luggage, who looked as if they were coming back from O’Hare. They were sitting at that place on the train
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Finding space to write in the cracks of time + Chapter 21 is up
People ask me a lot how I find time to write, given how busy I seem. Today’s chapter was an example of writing in the cracks of time. I was out for most of the day. I had my hair done — Took my computer and wrote in the chair. Went to the fabric store
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Chapter 20 is up, for those of you reading along.
There’s a new chapter up for those of you reading along. It has some of the material that I moved when I rewrote 19, but there are some emotional tone shifts because of the move. Still, if you read the old chapter 19, you can probably skip the last scene. But I do have a
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Home again, plus new chapter!
Illogicon was an amazing and fun convention. It’s at that sweet spot in size, where there are enough interesting things happening to be constantly fun, but not so large that you get lost. The programming was good and everyone was super nice. Somehow, I also got about 6000 words written over the course of the
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Chapter 19 is up + ready for new readers
I’m having a great time at Illogicon. There are truly wonderful people here and yet, somehow, I managed to get writing done today. I expect the rest of the weekend will be less productive on the fiction front. MEANWHILE — For those of you reading along, Chapter 19 is up. For those of you who want
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My schedule for Illogicon iii in Raleigh, NC.
Here’s my schedule for Illogicon iii in North Carolina. I’ll be the Guest of Honor with Lawrence Schoen and we shall have such fun. Friday 5 pm – Schmoozing 101 – Reynolds 9 pm – Smutty Fanfiction – Smith Saturday 11 am – Diversity in F&SF – Smith 2 pm – The Intersection of Puppetry and SF – Smith
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Chapter 18 is up, for those of you reading along.
After a couple of frigid days, sitting inside, I’m getting caught up on all sorts of things. In particular, there’s a new chapter for those of you reading along. I’ve had some queries from folks who want to join in. I will want more people, but not quite yet. I’ll post a call when I’m
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My Favorite Bit: Laura Lam talks about SHADOWPLAY
Laura Lam is joining us today with her novel Shadowplay. Here’s the publisher’s description. The circus lies behind Micah Grey in dust and ashes. He and the white clown, Drystan, take refuge with the once-great magician, Jasper Maske. When Maske agrees to teach them his trade, his embittered rival challenges them to a duel which could
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Snotti the Puppet answers Writing Question #1
As a way to get some practice in, I’m recording answers to questions about writing and I’m using a puppet to do it. Here’s the answer to question #1. I am trying to find someplace in my apartment that gets the camera, which is on my computer, high enough to practice but that isn’t backlit.
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What I published last year, and the whole audio question.
As we kick off the New Year, it’s time for the traditional look back on what I published last year, but this year requires a little bit of annotation because there’s a curious question about audiobook fiction. First the list. Novel Without a Summer – This was book 3 in the Glamourist Histories. Short Story
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