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And it’s Away!
The first “Sylvan Investigations” novella, that is. This is the first of the Kickstarted novellas, following after DRAGON JUSTICE, spinning off half-faun PI Danny Hendrickson into his own series. We sent the file off to backers last week, and I’ve…well, been a little on edge, ever since. I got one “I loved it!” from [...]
Reposting the good news from late December, for the New Year.
from Publishers Marketplace: “Laura Anne Gilman’s SYLVAN INVESTIGATIONS, a two-novella set about a half-human, half-faun PI, investigating cases that fall between the cracks of the magical and the mundane, to Jacqueline Smay at Plus One Press, for print rights only.” Yes, these are the Danny novellas we Kickstarted. Yes, I am pretty damn pleased. :-) [...]
Into The New Year
The Year-End Project has been…not exactly put to rest, but it’s on a back burner, 40,000 words prepped and waiting for Discussions. So, what’s up, what’s on deck? Right now, the main priority is getting “Miles to Go” into final shipping shape for the Kickstarter backers. They’re also due a few stories (I haven’t forgotten, [...]
Mid-December. Yeah. How’d THAT happen?
Probably won’t make Draft on “Promises to Keep” today, since I have a breakfast meeting and then afternoon plans to see The Hobbit (yes, I know, but it’s THE HOBBIT. I have to give the first segment a chance, right?). However, Draft status seems imminent this weekend…. “Alfred knew he sounded like an idiot. He [...]
It’s getting kind of crazy around here…
Ok, the #M2GP2K Kickstarter is starting to get a bit crazy, ’cause I just got sweet-talked into throwing another short story into the bonus-pot. At $9 you get two novellas. Not bad, yeah. At $15, you get that, plus a previously published story. Bump that up to the $40 pledge? You’re getting TWO novellas, a thank you [...]
Don’t make me send Danny after you. You wouldn’t like…actually, you WOULD like that..
And we’re in the second half of the funding period for “Miles to Go” / “Promises to Keep,” the Cosa Nostradamus Kickstarter! The first Cosa Nostradamus novels were published traditionally. My publisher wanted me to work on the Portals duology next, which was fine by me….But I _really_ wanted to tell Danny’s story, too. I mean, come on: a [...]
100 + 1 Upgrade Contest Results!
The 100th Backer Contest winner for “Miles to Go” / “Promises to Keep” is…Steelneko! Congrats on your upgrade to $75 bonus status! And the Randomly Chosen Winner is…. Rebecca Hb! She gets upgraded to $20 bonus status. That was fun. I may do that again at 150. Of course, all this depends on us [...]
I always do this…
I contemplate a project, and I say “no, you can’t start work on it until X” – until you finish something else, until an editor buys it, until a Kickstarter hits 50% funded, at least. And my brain goes pbbbttttthhtt, sez YOU. And so I give you the opening lines of “Miles to Go.” ————————————- My back [...]
Practical Meerkat: In Which I Plot
First: the ObPromotionalBit: A half-faun PI. A girl who sees Death. Magic that runs on electricity. NYC. You know it’s gonna be a party… Go on, check it out. Ahem. And now, onward to the writing neep. So, today I started working on the second mystery project. And The first thing I did was take [...]
In which my love for a character drives me to do the (kickstarter) crazy….
So, I’ve handed in Portals #1 (now called HEART OF BRIAR) to my editor at Luna, and I’m working on Portals #2 (SOUL OF FIRE) and…. I still can’t get Danny out of my head. Even thought I’m having a blast with the Portals duology, I had really, really wanted to write Danny Hendrickson – ex-cop, [...]
