Tonight is a work night and I have no idea what to work on. I’ve finished revisions on STONE’S THROE, so I don’t have to worry about that. The next major project up on my docket is my nephew’s book, so that would obviously be the smart thing to work on, but I’m in one of those headspaces where I’d like to do something quick and fun just to get something *written* so that I feel all “woo go me look how much I got done!” :) I have a…
Tag: writing
almost there!
I’m working on revisions for STONE’S THROE, and have successfully revised the opening chapters into vast improvement. Better yet, though (because I’d always known what I needed to do with those chapter), I’ve figured out what I need to do to fix the other problematic part of the book, and am now proceeding to do that. I’m all curious how many readers here actually participated in the Kickstarter to get this (it was the Spirit of the Century project 2 years ago, and how many are waiting to buy it…
The Hachette Job
For those of you who have not been following along–and frankly, I have no expectation that the larger percentage of my readers will be, because it’s a topic that at best affects them from a distance–Amazon is trying to force publishing house Hachette to agree to more-favorable-to-Amazon contract clauses. They’re doing this by: – not listing Hachette titles – setting Hatchette title prices at (sometimes extraordinarily) high price points to discourage readers from buying them – setting shipping dates for already-available Hachette books at 3-5 weeks out, instead of making…
Shaman Rises teaser chapter!
Wow, it’s only about 6 weeks until SHAMAN RISES comes out! Here! Have the first chapter! (…but read NO DOMINION first! You can get it at Amazon, at Audible, and at B&N. :))
dynastic nonsense
I swear to god, real political dynasties are so complicated & disbelief-suspending that if you wrote them people would be like OH HOW CONVENIENT. For example, I’m reading about Joanna I of Naples. Joanna’s grandfather was the 3rd son, never intended to inherit anything, except he and his next oldest and next youngest brother got sent away to be hostages and treated brutally for 7 years just before he returned his oldest brother died and his next oldest brother who had been imprisoned with him got God in a major…