I just came back from a week-long writing workshop. I’m exhausted and completely fried. No brain: It dribbled out my fingers all week. But — the workshop was amazing and I feel as though I learned so much. I’m really looking forward to restarting writing tomorrow. I will be at Norwescon this weekend. I’ll post […]
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Clockwork Kingdom My new novel, Clockwork Kingdom, is available at Amazon! It’s YA. Steampunk fairies. Need I say more? Okay. Here’s the brief teaser: Adele, queen of the fairies, longs for the past when fairies ruled the skies and humans trembled on the ground below. She’s enthralled a human tinker to finish her grand machine
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One of the things that I always find frustrating with rewrites is how to measure my effort. For example, I worked for about two hours today on the rewrite of Zydeco Queen. In terms of word count, I only added about 600 new words. If I was writing first draft, 600 words in 2 hours
I am pleased to announce that the trade paperback version of my collection Baker’s Dozen is now available! This version has been thoroughly copy-edited, so it is my belief that 99% of all grammar and word errors have been corrected. (It is also my belief that there’s no such thing as a perfect book. Chances
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I sometimes play a game with myself, pretending that my inner writer is working for the world’s toughest boss. This inspires me to write even when I’m feeling subpar. (So, you’re tired and hungry? World’s toughest boss says write your 1000 words, then you can have a snack and go to bed early.) However, the
I think that’s the theme of this week — filled with slight disruptions. In order to save money, I moved the Knotted Road Press account. It’s now a subdomain on LeahCutter.com. This meant I had to cancel the account then rebuild the website from scratch. Fortunately, that only took a couple of hours. I figure
Friday night, after I got home from San Francisco, my chest started feeling tight. Then I realized it was filling with congestion. By Saturday morning, it was game over. Have spent the weekend in a cold & flu-like haze. I’ve managed to do a few things, but none of the things I wanted to do,
I’m holding the PoD version of Paper Mage in my hand. Wow. It’s beautiful. There are a few changes that I need to make, but it’s close. I should be releasing it soon. It’s so very pretty. I’m kind of amazed at it. And I’m proud of it. I had some ideas for Caves of
Happy Mardi Gras! I read an article recently about how the difference between frugality and depravation was all about attitude. I’ve gotten really good about only going out to eat once a week. Some weeks I don’t go out at all, which is a shocking change from just a couple years ago. I’ve gotten so
Today was Presidents’ day, and I had the day off from the day job. I told myself that I was going to live today as if I was a full-time writer. Of course, then life happened. I did get up and go write in the coffee shop this morning. I did write more tonight. I