Hello, I’m home from the day job and tomorrow I will embark on four fun-filled days at RWA Conference, where I’ll try to pretend writing is my actual profession instead of just the hobby that consumes all my free time. Anyway, here is the third and final installment of Terra…
The dyehouse is downwind of every other building, but its location does little to diffuse its smell. The building is squat and dark and windowless. Its roof is pierced with chimneys, like arrows sticking out of Saint Sebastian’s chest. The air around it is soaked in the moist, acrid stench…
Before starting the story, I’d like to say a few words about Terra Obscura. It’s as much an experiment as it is a story, and I totally blame Ann Aguirre for it. Her novel Grimspace is written in first person present tense, which is rarely my cup of tea, but…
I’m sick. Sick and sad and uninspired. Stupid cold. So here’s me cheating on my blogging by posting the start of a story I started a while ago, and mean to finish once I get three or five other Works in Progress out of my head and into my hard…
That’s how I felt when I hopped on the Internets this morning to read Sherry Thomas‘s combined review of Ember and Like a Thief in the Night at Dear Author.
A little bird reminded me I should be promoting Like a Thief in the Night and letting people know that this red hot futuristic tale of sex, murder, magic and mayhem will be available for sale at Samhain Publishing on January 15, 2008 for the low, low price of $3.50….
Everybody loves presents. Here’s a list of presents from authors to readers–free reads! Update: December 26, 2007 through January 1, 2008: Free Harlequin eBooks! You can download one book a day. Paperback Writer’s 2006 Free eBook ChallengeThis here is a big, mama-jama list o’ free fiction. Lynn Viehl (she of…
A while back, Nice Mommy and Evil Editor Angie had a fun contest. She said she would send something to the first three people to reply to her post. The thing is, the winners have to pay it forward and hold a similar contest. Which is quite a nice kick…
The first chapter of Ember is up on Bam’s (a.k.a. Dionne Galace’s) site. Go check it out. Updated:A PDF and html file of each chapter will be available on my website the day after Bam runs the chapter on her site.
I finally finished the WIP I’ve been working on for the past 3.5 weeks. Instead of running 12,000-15,000 words, Ember came in at over 31,000. That’s a big baby. Ember Charm is a curse. Love is a fire. And this story? It’s is no fairytale. 31,304 / 15,000(208.7%) Time to…
