NEW FICTION! Never before published! Jacob practices polismancy: he divines the future from the entrails of his beloved city, Seattle. What happens when the city still willingly bleeds for him, but the voice of God grows silent? Contains the bonus story, “The Doom of Alokai Temple.” This was the story I wrote for the “Dark […]
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I received the final print for The Jaguar and the Wolf and it’s *gorgeous*. I just clicked the button to approve it. So the book is now available as a trade paperback. And here’s the cover again. SO PRETTY. In other news, I’ve managed another 2000 words today. I only have to write 6000 words
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The plan was to eat an early dinner, then write 3000 words tonight. The start would be difficult, but I was pretty sure I could get through it. Plan, meet reality. In reality, it’s crunch week at the day job right now. Actually, kind of crunch month, from now through August 15th I have some
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Of the novel, that is. 54190 / 63000 I sat down and did plotting and realized that really, there aren’t that many chapters left. I figure the novel is only 63K words, not 69K words. I could be wrong, maybe I need those last two chapters, but right now, I think I don’t. The novel
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I’ve finished the brick walkway! At least for now. I can see getting another thing of masonry sand at some point and redoing the cracks. But for now, it’s done! Warning: Lots of pictures under the cut.
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Yes, this is an old novel. But it’s a novel that means a lot to me. I was trying so many writer-type things while I was writing this novel–I had to re-read it to do some updates, and I can really see the furniture moving. I don’t think it’s a bad novel, not at all.
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Yes, another post where I find applicable writing topics inspired by the reality TV show, “So You Think You Can Dance” (SYTYCD) and the one contestant who’s captured my attention, Cyrus. They call Cyrus’ style, “Animator” or “Animation” — he’s a robot in his style of dance. He’s never had choreography before, is completely self
I got “peopled out” this week. Far too much social contact. I am not shy. Because of this, people don’t believe me when I say I’m an introvert. But honestly, being with a group of people, particularly in a noisy place, is incredibly draining. I need time off, alone, in the quiet, afterward. I took
–I’m about one-third of the way through “Railsea” and I’m still loving it so much. –Last night I rewrote the last scene I’d done for the short story (“The Piano-Time Rag” is the name, BTW.) It was so much easier once I let the story be what it wanted to be. Which is a mystery.
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I finished “Sundays at Tiffany’s” by James Patterson last night. It’s a literary fantasy romance. It was quite fun, an easy read. There were parts that felt thinner than others, and a couple of scenes that didn’t have any setting (which, after I finished the scene, Jack made me go back and look at again.)
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