Rob and I are heading back from the Rainforest Writer’s Village. It was a lovely retreat. I wrote 10,656 words while I was here and am now past the halfway mark with The Transfigured Lady. Woo! For those of you reading along, I posted Chapter 12‘s draft Here’s a tiny teaser. Someone shook Walker’s shoulder. […]
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Internet is sporadic here, which is great. Yesterday I wrote two chapters. I’m nearly finished with another one today AND I cooked lunch for 25 people AND taught a workshop. The photo is the view from the front door of our cabin. Is the Rainforest Writer Village idyllic and perfect for writing? Why, yes, yes
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Rob and I are heading up to the Rainforest Writers Village for a couple of days of creative isolation with some like-minded folks. Patrick Swenson has been hosting these and they’ve sounded marvelous so I’m very much looking forward to this one. I’ll probably be limited online until we are back on Sunday.
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MidSouthCon is coming up and I’ve got the schedule for my activities as the author Guest of Honor. I am SO looking forward to this. Will I see you in Memphis? If so, here’s where to find me. Friday 19:00 Opening Ceremony — Grand Ballroom C 20:00 Meet the Guests — Grand Ballroom D
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For those reading along with the draft of The Transfigured Lady, I’ve posted Chapter 9. The front entrance of the Rutherford had never looked so attractive to Cora. For the past week they had been doing full rehearsals of the show and over the last few days had been adding the effects. Mr. Jernigan had
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Between now and March 9th you can enter to win one of three copies of Shades of Milk and Honey as part of their Locus Challenge. As part of our Locus Challenge, we are hosting a giveaway for three copies of Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal to three lucky readers in
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Let me explain why I like having people read along. The other day I got a comments from two of my readers which both pointed to the same problem. On the surface the two comments appeared to be talking about different things, but reading them made me realize that I had a structural flaw. Not
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I had a good day yesterday and today and finished Chapter 9 so posted Chapter 7. It’s really a reward for myself for finishing a chapter, besides the benefit of being able to go back and weave things into the story if I need to. Today’s bracket involves the color of the carpet in the
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