Literature Map
Had never seen the literature map before. I thought it was pretty cool. … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Just about ready for send-off
The GREEN MAGIC proposal is just about ready for send-off. Due to the ongoing stresses, I haven’t been pushing myself–I’ve just let myself get a little done each day and have been satisfied with that. Finished the revision last night, and am doing a read-through today. I’d say that I’ll do the synopsis tomorrow, but I’m not going to push … Continue reading →
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Finally back to work
Writing of any variety hasn’t been going too well the last few days. Stress doesn’t go away when things start looking better, because the possibility that they’ll get worse again always exists. But I’m making nice progress on the type-in of the Green Magic proposal right now. It feels good to be writing again. I finally got a desktop client … Continue reading →
Friday Snippet, from The Ruby Key
The following snippet is the beginning of Chapter Two from The Ruby Key, the first book of the MOON AND SUN series. This is YA. Genna, the heroine and narrator of the first book, is fourteen, and her brother Dan is twelve. NOTICE: This material is copyrighted, first draft, probably buggy, and possibly not even going to be in the … Continue reading →
Create A Plot Clinic print workbook now on sale
I’m pleased to announce that Holly Lisle’s Create A Plot Clinic is now available in ringbound workbook form. I have the first copy in my hands now, and it came out beautifully. If you like this book, or any of the other clinics in print form, and have found one of the books useful in your work, please consider leaving … Continue reading →
Confessions, such as they are
Update: Friday, 2:00 PM. In the sort of unbelievable turnaround that only happens in badly-plotted movies, the kid has come through and the crisis has passed. Just got off the phone. No, there is no happy ending in sight, but we weren’t expecting one. My kid is going to be okay, though, and at this point, that was the only … Continue reading →
Missing Time, The HAWKSPAR Copyedit, and a fine line-for-scene
So we have the heroine breaking the hero out of prison, and the hero getting shot and being half an inch from death, and stuff I’m not going to tell you about, and more stuff I’m not going to tell you about, and then the heroine telling the hero that’s when she killed herself, and after that the synopsis. I’m feeling pretty good about the proposal now.
Continue reading →My Sky
The smoke around our place is so thick right now, breathing outside burns. Thought I’d show you a picture of my sky. It’s yellower than the camera caught, but just as thick as it looks. Those southern swamp fires you’ve been reading about? This is what it’s like to live about eighty miles away when the wind blows in the … Continue reading →
Finished the first draft of the proposal
Last night the writing really flew. I finished the first draft of the revised GREEN MAGIC proposal, and managed to make myself cry, and was amazed by the surprise turn the story took. It all made sense, it all fit in with the background and the worldbuilding, but I never saw it coming until my fingers were putting the story … Continue reading →