Holy carp, the novella is done three days ahead of schedule! Weighing in at just under 28K, it will be delivered on New Year’s Eve… …which maybe gives me time to find somebody to do cover art. I should’ve thought of that months ago. Hrmph.
a post-christmas update
Just surfacing real quick here… Lovely Christmas here, with all the whiteness and beauty. I know it’s a terrible inconvenience (and indeed, my lack of getting out of the house because it’s too hard with the buggy proves it’s inconvenient to me, too) but I’ve loved the wintery weather. I miss it, though six weeks is enough. :) We gathered at Mom & Dad’s on the day, exchanged gifts, and ate huge amounts of food. Ted made a stunning filo-dough-wrapped cod with shrimp stuffing and a cream sauce as our…
Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas to all!
The (possible) 2011 Old Races Project
Okay, so I just hit 20K on “Year of Miracles” and am feeling pretty confident of delivering it on New Year’s Eve. Yay! What this means to me in terms of traditional publication is that I’m shortly going to have another anchor piece for a collection. Being me, though, I don’t want to propose a collection to any potential editor until I’ve got it at least fifty percent done. Also being me, I know that as much as I might want to, I’m extremely unlikely to write the necessary stories…
in 2011…
…I would like to: – write RAVEN CALLS & (almost-certainly-not-titled-this) MOUNTAIN HOLLERS – write 1 other (probably new series) novel – write a book for little boys – write 6 Old Races short stories – write 2 or 3 short stories for anthologies – revise RIGHT ANGLES TO FAERYLAND – revise TRAPPER’S DAUGHTER with Sarah – write the Joanne Walker/Jane Yellowrock mashup with Faith Hunter – get that writing gig I haven’t yet applied for and – go to EasterCon – go to DragonCon – go to Orycon – go…