Sooo… I finished the damned thing and emailed it to: my 2 editors, my 2 agents, my 3 “special” readers who won’t forgive me if I don’t.
And none of them got it.
Looks like Comcast in their infinite Whiz-Dumb ate my messages as spam. It took 3 more tries from 2 other addresses to get [...]
Archive for October, 2008
One last fuckover–I hope….
Posted in Personal blither, Stuff about the book(s), WoW, rant on October 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Done! for now….
Posted in Stuff about the book(s) on October 29, 2008 | 9 Comments »
At last! I just spellchecked and sent the first draft of VANISHED, Greywalker #4, to my editors and agents for review and revision. It’s a bit short at 88,200 words and I know I didn’t get some of it right, but it’s done, it’s complete, it’s on time, and it’s Off My Desk!
I [...]
Like a Kick to the Gut
Posted in ferrets on October 27, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Dexter, our dear old ferret, is no more. We went to the vet this morning for his usual shot, but his condition had so badly deteriorated that it was pointless. Lots of medical discussion later, I had to decide if I was going to try to keep him going for a few more weeks with [...]
Nearly Done
Posted in Stuff about the book(s) on October 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m within two chapters and an epilogue of done with VANISHED–the fourth Greywalker novel. This is a good thing: it’s due by Friday.
A lot has happened to Harper and to me since I started on this book in May. It’s been very rough sledding at times, but I think… it might be very good.
I’d better get [...]
Lunch! And other adventures
Posted in Cool writerly people, Team Seattle, tagged carrie ryan, forest of hands and teeth on October 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
As I’m sure you’ve noticed from the other TS blog postings, some of us descended on Downtown Seattle yesterday to lunch with YA author Carrie Ryan (she soon to be famous for The Forest of Hands and Teeth–remember that name!) Being cheap and much pestered by Mark Henry, we headed to Mae Phim–a super-cheap [...]
What Meme Through Yonder Window Breaks…?
Posted in Personal blither, meme on October 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It is passed to me by the fair (and much healthier) Mitchy ! That on seeing Shakespeare herein quoted, thou shoulds’t go forth and do likewise. Thus herewith I give thee Petruchio and Kate from The Taming of the Shrew:
PETRUCHIO. Good morrow, Kate- for that’s your name, I hear.
KATHERINA. Well have [...]
“Eighteen inches, Mammy!”
Posted in Personal blither, neat clothes on October 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In service to all of you with a Steampunk bent (or Goth or Victoriana or… well, whatever) my friend Eleanor “Ellenoir” has some new corset pics up on her site: Ellenoir | Styles. I’m saving my pennies for some swank custom corsetry so I can be all fashionable when the Steampunk wave hits [...]
Yak Yak
Posted in Cool writerly people, Writing on October 20, 2008 | Comments Off
Soo… Saturday the girly contingent of Team Seattle went to Hugo House here in Seattle to talk about Horror and Fantasy elements in Mystery stories (or as I called it to a friend “Wild Women Talking About Creepy Shit.) Things went quite well, though you couldn’t tell if from me….
(Is that Kat biting her [...]
SciFi Wired
Posted in Book reviews news and 'zines, Stuff about the book(s) on October 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A while back I talked to a reporter from SciFi Wire–SciFi.com’s news column. I had wondered what became of the mini-view but since my publicist, Valerie Cotez, had left Penguin, the information fell through the cracks. Luckily, Richelle Mead found it on the SciFi Weekly News for October 13 (it’s about halfway down [...]
Finally Bouchercon!
Posted in Conventions and signings, Cool writerly people, Personal blither on October 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Yeah… I’m slow.
So here at last is the LOOOOONG blog about Bouchercon (World Mystery Convention) in Baltimore earlier this month. Look below the cut for all the fab photos and nifty commentary.
Up to No Good
Posted in Cool writerly people on October 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tomorrow night at Richard Hugo House in Seattle, Richelle Mead, Caitlin Kittredge, Cherie Priest and I will be talking about mixing Mystery with Horror and Dark Fantasy elements for the Pacific Northwest chapter of the Mystery Writers of America ($5 for non members or FREE for members of MWA or Hugo House.) And then [...]
NYT!
Posted in book business, other people's books, squee on October 15, 2008 | 12 Comments »
OMG OMG OMG!! Wolfsbane and Mistletoe made the NYT extended list! We’re #31! I’ve never been in anything that made the NYT list, extended or not!
SQUEEE! (see Kat: see Kat flail away madly in pure glee!)
