Month: August 2006

  • Starting Type-In

    Still don’t like my ending. Am hoping inspiration will strike between now and Monday. When I get this done, I have to tell you about the deep worldbuilding for Project Blue. It involves quantum entanglement, God immanent, and talking socks. The pair shown are Abundance Socks. They’re based on the magic system the protagonists in…

  • Updating the Schedule

    So around June, I had everything planned out. And then I needed to write one book a full year earlier than it had been planned. And I did. But doing so wrecked every other item in my schedule. Obliterated. Toasted. Annihilated. Turns out, I could do the insane “everything at once” provisional schedule only for…

  • Most of the Way Through the Write-In

    NIGHT ECHOES is just about finished. I have most of the write-in edit done. Yeah, it took longer than I planned, but my editor had already told me she wouldn’t be able to get to it until the 21st, so this might be a case of work expanding to fill the space available. The first…

  • Ooops…

    Had an “oops” moment with the blog. I…er…updated WordPress without backing up, and in doing so screwed up my templates and deleted a lot of folks “remember me” login codes. I apologize for the inconvencience I’ve caused some of you. I am looking for a new template (I don’t like the current one at all)…

  • Closing on the Revision Ending

    Spent yesterday dog-sick and mostly asleep on the couch. Today, I’m much better. I’m well into the revisions on Night Echoes, and I figure I have a few more days of hard work to take it to the finish. My biggest focus right now is coming up with a more satisfying last few lines; if…

  • Big, Wonderful News

    Today, The Ruby Key and the second novel in the series sold to Orchard Books, a subsidiary of Scholastic. I’m thrilled. The first books I ever selected and bought for myself were Scholastic books, back in the late 1960’s when teachers passed around little 4-8 page catalogs to each student. My mother usually gave me…

  • DONE DONE DONE

    First draft of Night Echoes is done, on time and at the right length. Revision starts tomorrow. I’m doing the Snoopy Dance, big time. Download as PDFPrint Page

  • Fewer Than Five Thousand Words to Go

    I’ll finish the first draft of Night Echoes tomorrow. I’m thrilled. I’m amazed at how it’s going together, and excited to write the ending. Download as PDFPrint Page

  • August Affiliate Newsletter Is Up

    In this newsletter, I have two questions (with polls) that could change the way the affiliate program operates. The first involves eliminating the bonus and the minimum payout amount and just paying everyone every month for any books they’ve sold. The second involves cutting out customer persistence (the part of the program that allows affiliates…