Sharp Words

Hard Boiled. It’s not just the name of one of my favorite movies, it’s one of my favorite subgenres of mystery, too. While Like a Thief in the Night isn’t a mystery or a detective story, I did sprinkle in references titles by two of the subgenre’s most famous authors….

• 7th January 2008 at 11:53 pm
• Contest, iPimp, Like a Thief in the Night
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I should be all aglow with happiness–the final version of Like a Thief in the Night is turned in, and the excerpt is up on the Samhain site. Instead, all I see are things I want to change. I can’t help it, I’m a fiddler. I nitpick. I tweak. Editor…

• 19th December 2007 at 10:38 pm
• Can't talk. Writing, Like a Thief in the Night, Published Work, Things I think About When I Obviously Need to Be Asleep, Works in Progress, Writing
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You already know how fascinated I am by the whole editing process. Perhaps if I am published several more times, I will become jaded enough to complain about it, but, for now, it’s super neat-o cool. My editor Laurie has been great about explaining the process, the schedule, and all…

• 2nd December 2007 at 1:03 pm
• Like a Thief in the Night, Published Work, Writing
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