Reading my old LiveJournal entries (I do that, periodically, to revisit places and emotions) and I can across this entry from 2007, which deserves to be pulled out and set fresh: “Doesn’t matter who you are, or what you’re trying to get done: Ass in Chair is still a valid and effective means to the […]
Thinking About Thinking About Doing the Writing (Practical Meerkat revisits) Read More »
So this afternoon I finished the book yet-known as Portals #1. When by “finished” I mean “I hit the last page of the draft but will have to revise it before it goes to Madame Editrix.” So finished good enough to collapse for the weekend. *thuds* This book was both really hard to write (oh
In which I tease you about a book, and tease you with a cover… Read More »
Part of an ongoing, non-scheduled series, wherein I grab writers I’m reading, and ask them to talk about something related to that book, that they haven’t had a chance to talk about before, or at enough length. 0O0 I read Juliet McKenna’s first book, The Thief’s Gamble, back when it came out, and thought “ooh,
Guest Post: Juliet McKenna on Thinking about The Trilogy Read More »
So yesterday I set up my to-do list, and I settle in with my cup of coffee #1, and I lift the lid of the trusty workhorse laptop (whose name is Archie to Nero-the-cranky-desktop), and… The screen displayed not the usual “okay boss, hopping to it!” energy, but the unending beachball of doom-about-to-fall. And sure
That Was Not The Day You Were Looking For… Read More »
Yesterday, despite a bad start, was crazy-productive. Which meant I fell over with no brain by 7pm, but that was okay. Now, if I can just repeat that crazy-productive stance for four more days, everything will be copacetic. I will also be dead, but hey, can’t have everything, right? So. The state of the to-dos…
Tuesday Like Monday for Purposes of To Do… Read More »
And lo, DRAGON JUSTICE (PSI#4) has gone off to Madame Editrix, and from there into the clutches of the copyeditor, and from there… What began in 2004 with STAYING DEAD has come to a close. Ten books later, the last Cosa Nostradamus novel for Luna has gone into production. There is rare steak and red
The beginning of the end…and beginning again? Read More »
As many of you know, last year I set myself the insane challenge of writing an advice column for writers, basically all the shit I learned the hard way, once a week for the entire year. We called it “Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Advice for New (and Old) Writers,” and it ran on
Practical Meerkat Rides Again! (52 essays, no waiting) Read More »
The following occurred over a 9 hour span via @LAGilman Errands run, coffee ingested, back to the WarRoom I go… #cantsleepdeadlineswilleatme #amwriting …and I just realized there’s a short story in the PSI universe that wants to be told, covering off-page adventures during #4. hrmmmm. I will say this: @matrice has the gift
Tweets from the Last Day of Revisions…. Read More »
The ToC has been released, so I can squeak in public: My story “Crossroads” (originally published in Fantasy Magazine) has been selected for Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2012, edited by Paula Guran (Prime Books). *squeak!*
Sometimes, you get told you done good. Read More »
My two panels both went quite well, with a lot of laughter and some insights on why we super the natural, and why cities are so fertile for fiction, and good audience participation, and Sharon Lee almost being et by her chair (more on that later). Then my signing, which was busy for about 15
Saturday/Sunday at Chattacon Read More »