As part of the Kindle Select program, I’m setting Clockwork Kingdom to free this weekend. Last time I set it to free, with no advertising at all, it hit #11 on the conventional fantasy, free, list. Generated some sales, some downloads. This time, I figured I’d mention it a few times. See if that generates […]
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Sent the final draft of Zydeco Queen off to the editor. ::dances around the room to “What You Gonna Do?”:: (Whatcha gonna do–when the zydeco–turn it up on you?) I like this novel. Of course, my worry is that people other than me won’t like it. We’ll just have to see. Trust that some readers,
No word count on the novel I’m currently writing. But I’m halfway finished with Zydeco Queen, so I figure that’s progress. It’s been beautiful recently in Seattle, so instead of real commentary, I bring you pictures! Plus the tree that inspired this post — I have a Golden Chain tree that must be some kind
My writing goal this week was 10,000 words. I was a little shy of 6,000. I’m actually really okay with that. I realized that, before, the goal of 10,000 words meant 2 chapters, each about 5,000 words long. For this novel, the chapters are about 3,000 words long. So my goal shifted, to 9,000 words,
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Kris Rusch writes a weekly column, The Business Rusch, that if you want to be a professional writer, you should be reading every week. This week, Kris’ web site was hacked after she posted her column. A second site where she posted the column was then hacked. I have removed all the original links from
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Seven Year Itch What happens when you only turn into a monster once every seven years? How do you still gain control? This story was originally printed in the anthology, “Bewere the Night.” You can read it here for free for the next week. It’s also available in all the usual outlets. Because it’s
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I only did about 7000 words for the week. I’m actually okay with that. 10,000 was a stretch goal, given how busy last week was. This next week, 10,000 is still a stretch goal, as I’m traveling for the day job. 15376 / 70000 Today, Pixie showed up. Pixie was the name of my mom’s
People, generally other writers, ask me if I’m an outliner or a pantser, that is, do I outline a novel before I start writing it, or do I write into the story, by the seat of my pants? Short answer: Depends on the novel. Some I do vague outlines on, some I do a hybrid
It’s amazing to me, now that I’ve admitted I’m committing novel, how far I’ve fallen into storyland. I went to yoga this morning and when my thoughts drifted away from being in the here and now of practice, I dove right back into the novel. The first stretching exercise the teacher talked about curving our
I started writing “The Raven and the Dancing Tiger” I thought it was a short story, that I would be able to finish for the short story assignment for the workshop I was taking. I tacked on an ending, knowing it wasn’t really the end. People told me it was a novel. I knew that
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