Month: June 2006
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Hunting the Corrigan’s Blood, Second Edition
I know that the previous price on the print version of Hunting the Corrigan’s Blood was too high for a lot of readers to afford. It was considerably higher than I wanted to price it, too. Through judicious use of reformatting and a one-point drop in body type size, I’ve manage to cut nearly 100…
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Nailed the Opening for NIGHT ECHOES
After floundering on this book, ditching a bunch of it, and panicking more each day at the impending deadline and my lack of progress, I mowed the lawn last night. This is a process that takes about three hours (about an hour an acre) and that allows me to disconnect conscious thought. I mow, I…
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Jim Baen has had a stroke
Verified through several sources now, Jim Baen, the publisher of Baen Books, suffered a stroke on Monday of this week and has remained in a coma since. Jim was my first publisher, and someone I adored, enjoyed, and liked working with. Though our association cooled quite a few years ago (on his part, not mine),…
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Create A Language Clinic Now On Sale
It’s taken all day. It’s the only thing I’ve accomplished all day. But the Language Clinic is live and on sale now. All systems tested, everything works. I cannot believe how much longer this took than I thought it would. I’m almost afraid to think about the rest of the Worldbuilding Course. Download as PDFPrint…
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Canadian Article on Global Warming
Good article. Raises the questions that need to be raised about Al Gore’s global warming movie. Download as PDFPrint Page
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Done!
I’ve written over five thousand words since 4 AM, have created two full chapters and one new worksheet, and have overhauled the entire structure of the book, but the revised version of the Language Clinic is done! I’m printing off a copy for my copyeditor, and tomorrow, I will get back on track with NIGHT…
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More on The Worldbuilding Series
Thanks to feedback from my test readers, I’ve already written two entirely new chapters for the Language Clinic this morning. I’m tearing apart a third right now, and will probably emerge with two separate chapters from it. I’m closing on 110 pages, and trying very hard not to go over that. And I redid the…
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No Sleep
We’re already in the outer bands of Alberto, and lined up for a direct hit, and I can’t sleep. So I’m working on the Language Clinic (editing is easier than writing right now). Jean is offering a BookPack giveaway: A copy of Talyn, a copy of Lynn Viehl’s Dark Need, a copy of Lazette Gifford’s…
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2YN: The Two-Year Novel Course–Year One, by Lazette Gifford
I’m delighted to be able to present 2YN: The Two-Year Novel Course–Year One, by Lazette Gifford. This is the e-book form of Zette’s wildly successful, standing-room only online course on Forward Motion that takes writers step by step from the very first idea for writing a novel to the day it ships off to the…
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Was At 8452
Took a wrong turn with the paranormal, now to be called NIGHT ECHOES, and have had to rip out 2819 words. More than a day’s work, plus the day I’ve lost today trying to fix the mess rather than just killing it. Back to 5633. Not happy. Download as PDFPrint Page