Hm, it’s the first of the month (ye gods), which means this is a good time to post a Currently Working On, right? Right. Especially since that means taking another 10 minutes away from doing my job, which, as we all know, is an important thing to do. So: September 2007 WiP: Writing: HANDS OF FLAME (The Negotiator: Book 3) Revising: THE PRETENDER’S CROWN proposal Submitting: HANDS OF FLAME, I hope! Publishing: — Waiting: — Gosh. That didn’t take anything like 10 minutes. Drat.
*laughs*
‘s fault: *laughs*
et voila!
Okay. Revisions are out the door (or out the email box, more accurately). Not too bad at all. I cut ten pages, and strengthened some scenes, and answered most, maybe even all, of my editor’s questions. *waves a little flag* Next up: finish the front material for this book and send it in by the end of the day. But before that, I’m going to get out of the house for a while, and *after* that I think I’m going to read a book. I have about a zillion to…
Baltimore Fiddle Fair
Last night Ted and I went to a performance of the Baltimore Fiddle Fair (not the Baltimore in America). The best I can say about the first half of the performance is that I don’t often get to use the word “soporific” in casual conversation. It reminded me of a review my father got when he was quite young: “Murphy played the part quietly. So quietly, in fact, one occasionally glanced at him and wondered what he was doing on stage.” Ted, who is much kinder than I am, said…
book covers
jlassen is embroiled in a bit of a brew-ha-ha over the cover of an anthology coming out from Night Shade Books soon. They’ve listed all the authors on the back and featured five on the front cover. All five of the featured are men, though the anthology’s split down the middle with both male and female writers. I really don’t much want to get into a gender politics war here, but the point of a cover is to sell books. Me, if I were picking the five authors to put…