There are 141,098 words in the QUEEN’S BASTARD manuscript. There is one paragraph–67 words–that is, to me as the writer, *flawless*. It does what I want it to. Everything in the book to that point leads up to this one paragraph, and when I read it, it takes my breath away. I have no idea if it will work the same way for other people, but for me, that .05% of the book is perfect. A hundred and forty thousand words for a tiny handful that make me want to…
Author: mizkit
2008 in a nutshell
This is all ‘s fault. The approximate shape of 2008: To write, like, already contracted: THE PRETENDER’S CROWN (Inheritors’ Cycle, Book 2, due Feb 1 (agh)) CAULDRON BORNE (Walker Papers #4, due June 1) To write, not already contracted: TAKE A CHANCE 5-12 To revise: RIGHT ANGLES TO FAERYLAND To write if the stars align: TRUTHSEEKER CENTENARIAN To propose: THE IMPERATOR’S HEIR (Inheritors’ Cycle, Book 3) ElectriCity Project Of Sufficient Coolness & Yet Obviousness That Mentioning Its Name Would Give Somebody Else Perhaps In A Better Position To Pursue It…
how unusual!
That was deeply unusual. I was invited to participate in an anthology a while ago, and while I don’t actually know if the anthology is going to happen or not, this morning I woke up with the first lines of the story in my head. Now, I don’t write short stories very often, because I don’t think I’m particularly good at them and I almost always want to write a longer story out of the idea rather than a shorter story. However, 90 minutes after getting up, I have a…
the mysteries of cover art & copy
Very soon I’m taking the first 150 pages of the QUEEN’S BASTARD manuscript and going out of the house to do galley edits on it, because…well, because I believe if I stay at home I won’t actually do them. I’ll find a million other little things to do instead, and probably many of them will be things that need doing, but … …woog, the air pressure in here just changed. *frantically tries to clear ears*… Uh. Right. Anyway. Going to work soon, that was the point. But first, a quick…
tiny bubbles
Rather than doing anything morally superior with my day, I have spent most of it working on a web page design. I really have to go back to work tomorrow, but one day of doing something totally for myself has been very nice. I shall unveil it…later, not that most of you will care, because you read this through LJ anyway. :) I just went and looked at classmates.com for something, and found a couple notes from old classmates, one of whom said “You look great.” When I think of…