I *adore* WisCon. It has to be the funnest, best convention. I have had a *great* time. I love all the people here. Even the people I don’t like. It’s my community of choice. (^_^)
I also have book news! The artwork for the first novel has been nominated for a Chesley award!…
My life has been *insanely* busy for the last 6+ weeks.
First it was finishing the novel (SUMMER BLUE, which I hand-delivered to my new editor in New York. I’m really glad I had the opportunity to meet her. I like her a lot.)…
They started shipping CAVES OF BUDA today. Whee!
::tosses confetti::
And while I have a whole plot semi-outlined for the next novel, as well as this kick-ass format for the novel (how the chapters are going to fit together) I have no title.…
I just wrote the words “The End” at the bottom of the last chapter of SUMMER BLUE, the novel I’m currently working on.
Whoo and hoo!
Am I finished? Could I send it in its current state to my critiquers? Hell no.…
Our plans have finally come together, and we’re taking it on the road. . .I’m doing a series of readings and signing in independent bookstores on the West Coast with Mindy Klasky and Carol Berg in June. …
Our friend Jeremy and his wife Sara run The Fortean Bureau, an online speculative fiction magazine. Their April First edition has a very special collaboration by Mike and I. Check it out!
http://www.forteanbureau.com/index.html
For those new to this LJ, Mike Brotherton is my husband, and an author in his own right.…
It appears that at this point I’m posting about my grieving process, not the writing process. I really do have thoughts about the latter, how I’ve refined it over the past few years and novels. While on the one hand, it’s *my* process, no one else’s, and so I’m not sure of the benefit of talking about it, on the other hand, I’m always interested in other people’s process, so I hope it might be of interest to someone.…