It took a few more hours and working with a five-year-old popping up over my shoulder demanding things at fifteen-minute intervals, but I finished up with my full count of words for the day. 2000, and a bit of change. Peace has come to Hyre, and neither the Tonks nor the Eastils are happy about it. … Continue reading →
Yesterday I got about a thousand words. Today I got about a thousand words. Wanted two thousand each day. Not happy with these counts, or with myself. … Continue reading →
A friend of mine sent me the following note in my e-mail this morning: From Jim Woosley In an article titled “An Education in 404 Pages,” by James Baccus, Vanderbilt Magazine, Spring 2003 issue, page 11, the author cites the following as the most significant recommended reading for someone interested in a liberal education but without the time to read … Continue reading →
I’m making nice progress on Talyn; have hit my words every day this week — 2000 or better every day. Including today, even after the news. Midnight Rain has hit a snag. Both the hardcover editor and the mass market editor liked the revised proposal, thought they could work with me, figured that from the changes I’d already made we … Continue reading →
I had a full twenty-two hundred words done by 8 a.m. today, which was ideal, since that was when I ran out of peace and quiet time. I never did make it to the prison; my poor guy ran into trouble getting there, and crashed into his story opposite in the flesh for the first time. Not a happy meeting … Continue reading →
Yesterday I had my two thousand words plus change done by 8:30 a.m. (not that breathtaking when you realize that I was at the computer at 5 a.m., but still pretty good.) I’m aiming for the same level of progress today. The horses came home to roost yesterday, with interesting complications. And today I’m going to be spending my time … Continue reading →
Got sixteen hundred rather than two thousand words today, but I really like what I got. My Eastil hero, Gair, has just had everything go tits up on him in the worst of all possible ways — he’s a prisoner of war, most of his team is dead, the mission is screwed, and because of his position, he knows he … Continue reading →
Found this on Gerri’s blog, answered honestly, and was surprised by the results — what decade does your personality live in? quiz brought to you by lady interference, ltd Seems about right to me. The seventies were the decade in which I finished of elementary school, jr. high and high school, and grew up. While the sixties might have had … Continue reading →
After a week of plodding through scenes that have been hard to write and hard to focus on, today I got into horses, coins, cash, auctions, and the unthinking racism of a people who have been one race, one culture, one language, and only five flavors of one religion for centuries stacked on centuries, and who live in a nation … Continue reading →
Just a little tiny piece of the story I’m working on right now. Gair is the team leader for a covert team moving against Talyn’s people. NOTE: This is first-draft, straight-off-the-keyboard, unrevised fresh text. It is posted for fun, so that I can share a little of what I’m working on. The final version of this section will be different … Continue reading →