In this episode, our heroine, a mild-mannered writer from Seattle and Los Angeles, discovers she has hit the big time. The Seattle PI gives her kudos in the following article: Seattle author hits the timing jackpot with tales of paranormal in Pioneer Square.
And the hard nosed Don D’Ammassa apparently thinks I did pretty good, [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Local Girl Makes Good
Posted in Book reviews news and 'zines, Stuff about the book(s) on July 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Roc my world, ye Penguins
Posted in Stuff about the book(s), tagged excerpt on July 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My publisher has put up a much longer excerpt from Underground. Go to their Science Fiction and Fantasy page and click on the big brick red picture of the cover to get to the full Prologue and First Chapter! W00t!
Rain, rain, go away…
Posted in Personal blither on July 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
come again some other day.
Today’s my anniversary day,
so, just for now, please go away!
Back when we were planning the wedding, I carefully researched the weather almanac to discover which days had the lowest incidence of rain in recorded history for Seattle. July 29th was #3–it had only rained twice on July 29th since people [...]
Evite Bites
Posted in Personal blither, internet stuff on July 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A friend of mine sent me to Evite Alternatives because I was complaining about how much I hate Evite and how much “invitation” spam I get and how legit stuff ends up in the trash as a result. I can’t tell a legit Evite from a spam with a faked link sometimes and I [...]
Some of Those People
Posted in Cool writerly people on July 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned that I’m part of the SFNovelists community which was started by Tobias Buckell. Mostly because this hasn’t seemed like a big deal, but I have to say it’s a great group of very thoughtful people who are all currently-working novelists in the SF&F field. The blog is worth checking [...]
Noir Quote of the Week!
Posted in Cool writerly people, Just Plain Weird on July 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This post is from the discussion of The Dark Knight that’s currently going on at my favorite noir reading list. While I haven’t seen the film yet, the quote just makes me pleased as Punch:
I think that the idea that a super hero story can’t be noir simply because it’s a super hero story [...]
GoogleMap is my friend and so is the UK
Posted in Stuff about the book(s), Writing, photos, research, tagged cover, harper, underground on July 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been working out the scenes for Book 4 in which Harper deals with her mother (the horrid) and takes a look at her old home town. Which has changed a bit since I last spent any time out there. Potential for Mary Sueism here, since I also grew up in LA County [...]
Post PNWA
Posted in Conventions and signings, Cool writerly people, MWA, Team Seattle, Writing, tagged PNWA, workshop, worldbuilding on July 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
World Building 101–as the program called it–went smashingly! The crowd (about 24 which is great for a last-minute class) plus some observers and a few people who had to dive out for appointments with agents and editors, was enthusiastic, once we got them warmed up and they seemed to have a great time making [...]
Take That, Word Count!
Posted in Writing on July 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
With all the stuff that’s been going on recently, my word count productivity has been lower than I’d like but today… oh yes, today we had 3,000 words. And good set-up for more tomorrow. After weeks of 300-500 word days. Houston, we have lift-off!
I’m going to get you, my pretty manuscript… and [...]
Small Correction for PNWA
Posted in Conventions and signings on July 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
No MWA table until Friday, so I won’t be there. ~sigh~ Hunt me down in the halls on Saturday.
Last minute stuff!
Posted in Conventions and signings, Writing on July 15, 2008 | Comments Off
Something went pear-shaped at the last minute at PNWA and as a result, Team Seattle will be running a World Building for Urban Fantasy workshop at the conference this Saturday! OMG! We’re scrambling to put our paperwork together, but the magic team of Richelle, Cherie, Caitlin, Mark Henry, and me will be doing [...]
Office Supply Lust
Posted in Just Plain Weird, Polls, Silliness, Writing, tagged poll on July 14, 2008 | Comments Off
Since it keeps coming up lately, I’ve decided to have my first ever Poll over on my LJ, since I don’t know how to make one here. Go take the Office Supply Lust Poll!
