Month: April 2006
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Writing
Cutting cutting cutting, editing editing editing, and tons of rewriting. Haven’t come up for air in days, and may be a few more days before I do. Still working on the MPII proposal. This has turned in to a total overhaul. The podcast, the weblog, and everything else that isn’t work or homeschooling is shoved…
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Soundtrack for MPII
This proposal needed music; rather I needed to find my way through some of the complexities to the core. Music is good for that. This is the music that I’ll listen to while writing the books, the songtrack for the first story at least, and maybe the other three. Assuming the project sells. Always have…
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Writing for Myself
Today I’ve been working on the MPII proposal, writing for myself. I’ve scrapped most of the opener that I posted a few days ago, including the line about the salted butter, and have gone for something shorter and tighter that pulls me into the central conflict more quickly. I’m searching for resonance with my characters,…
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And More on that Perpetually Fascinating Subject . . .
Global Warming. From OpinionJournal. Alarmists are using witch-hunts and funding blackmail to force silence from dissenters. Why is this not surprising? Download as PDFPrint Page
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BAM! Sound of Schedule Crashing
My work schedule has just exploded into shrapnel, ash, and smoking ruin. As of last Monday, I won’t be able to write in the morning, when the house is quiet. Or at night, when the house is quiet. My work schedule has been slammed straight into midday, when the kidlet is up, homeschooling is in…
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Convention Notice
Not sure if any of you were aware that I was scheduled to attend Conjecture as Guest of Honor September 29th through October 1st of this year. This notice is to announce that due to circumstances beyond my control, I’ve had to cancel. I apologize to anyone who had planned to attend in order to…
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Good Writing Day
Threw out about 2000 old words, wrote about two thousand new words, and finished 8121 total words of revision for the day, though I have been working on it nonstop since I got up this morning. I love what I’m getting, and I’m excited about the way the changes are working. And just for fun,…
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And A Sale
Time to drag out the endless saga of the Onyx Proposal, but this time for happy news. Claire just bought Shadow Music, one of the books I worked up in the series of about a dozen that I did for the Onyx Proposal. Shadow Music sold to a different Penguin line (Eclipse), with a release…
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Plugging on the Proposal
I hit my deadline yesterday. Robin (my agent) and I spent some time on the phone Monday and yesterday (the reason for my mad push was to have things in line for that second conversation.). We worked out what we needed to, and now I have a week to put this proposal together for presentation.…
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Today, Pretty Busy
Podcast is done and episode two is now up. Heard from Claire, and we’re negotiating her offer now. Had a fantastic opportunity open up for me, so I’m working my ass off on the proposal for that (more about it when I can say something.) And my e-mail filter got its hands slapped and has…