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…
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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…
stealing that
I don’t think I’ve felt this generally pleased to face the day in months. It’s not that I don’t still have a lot to do. In fact, I have enormous overwhelming amounts to do, including but not limited to, and more or less in order: – fix any NOTES in HoF, spellcheck, and submit it – do THE QUEEN’S BASTARD proofs – buy Christmas/greeting cards so I can – send out about 1 zillion books I’ve been promising people since, like, September – finish revising THE PRETENDER’S CROWN proposal –…