So, yeah. Cthulhu is alive and well, after being really dead for a while. And partially it’s my fault, because I should have known better than to skin a Great Old One and turn him into yarn. Or try to do something useful with him. But, hey, you’d think a monster like that would knit up into something both waterproof … Continue reading →
Inertia’s a bitch. It can mean doing nothing until something kicks you out of your complacency and starts you rolling. But inertia can also summon up Newton’s First Law, part of which is: “An object in motion remains in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.” You get rolling in … Continue reading →
After a very bad one-year deployment in Afghanistan, my kid is is back in the States, and on his way home to see us. I am closing EVERYTHING until he has to go back to work, and I will not be available during this time to read e-mail, check student support/customer service, or deal with any other issues. During the … Continue reading →
Still fighting regular migraines, with the icepick variety tossed in for extra fun. I can’t really say how the vertigo is coming—the last few days, I haven’t stood up long enough to find out. I am accomplishing nothing. It’s driving me nuts. Something considerably more important: Not long back from a TDY the Middle East, the Air Force Kid has … Continue reading →
My older son will be getting out of the Air Force in not too long, and he’s looking into attending Full Sail for filmmaking. Problem is, he’s heard that the school might be A) seriously overpriced, and B) not teach him what he needs to know. So if you have graduated from Full Sail (or are a current student there), … Continue reading →
Switched to the next scene to intro my hero in his new amalgamated form. He found something on the victims that makes him certain what looks like a weird cultish group suicide is in fact a murder, and tips him off to who the murderers may be. I’m off my game tonight, though. The Air Force Kid is back overseas, … Continue reading →
Aleksa gets the first hint that what she thinks happened to her assistant is not what happened at all. Small segment tonight—I haven’t slept more than a couple of hours a night since last Friday, and I’m determined to get a full night’s sleep tonight. So, with 21,184 words completed, I’m going to turn in. The Air Force Kid has … Continue reading →
I took last night off. No words. The Air Force Kid is home on leave before going back to the desert for another 6 months, and we sat up and talked and played video games and just hung out together until about 3:30 AM. If you’re playing “Write a book with me,” here are a few options for the occasional … Continue reading →
Good words last night, along with surprising action as my MC remembers something horrible that shaped her life, and decides to fight for survival. I’m stunned to realized that working at this ambling, casual pace, I’m already over 20,000 words, and that if I were planning a normal-length book, I’d already be 20% done. This is something I’ve forgotten over … Continue reading →
The Kid is home from the desert and got enough leave to come down and visit us for a few days before going on to a long list of other things he HAS to do. We’re having a wonderful time, and having him home safe, where we can talk about books and writing and movies and his very scary desert … Continue reading →
