talking about the care & restraint of a healthy writer-ego. (and lo, I have made another deadline! 33 down, 19 to go. If you have any specific questions or requests for PM to cover, let me know….)
Practical Meerkat, week 33, has gone live… Read More »
Debris from the (first) Great Lobster Masacree [I had crab cake. Lobsters are safe from me.]
Update from A Place Away…. Read More »
My short story “Crossroads” is live (and free!) at Fantasy Magazine! (plus, a short Q&A) You’d think, by now, I’d be blase about new stories hitting readers. But no…still neurotic, waiting to see if there’s response, and what form it takes…..
Week 32 takes on the idea of having a book launch party. In my time, I’ve been to a lot of “pub†or launch parties for new books. I’ve even thrown a few (both for my writers, and for myself). Some of them have been huge, glam affairs, and some of them have been low-key
If it’s Friday, there must be Practical Meerkat Read More »
There is too much: let him sum up. Keith DeCandido talks about last night’s reading at NYRSF. I read section 5 from DRAGON VIRUS, and it seemed to be, well, “enjoyed” isn’t really what happens with that story, but people seemed thoughtful and moved by it, so I’m calling it a win. Considering the timing
Various and Sundry are primed for vacation… Read More »
Apparently, I had the wrong dates in my schedule. I depart the city not a week from Friday, but THIS Friday. I do not panic. I have everything under control. Really. All I have to do is laundrypaybillswrite5kwordsarrangecatsittingdotheNYRSFreadingtonightedit3storiesdepositpaychecksmeetwithMadame EditrixsendImportantEmailspackickupcardrivetoBoston…. by Friday noon. Piece of cake. Cake with moar coffee, pls. On the plus side,
I’ve got it all together but it’s on the wrong plane… Read More »
As the so-called #Novelrace (5 weeks to 60k!) begins on Monday, I decided to hold off on working on the novel until then. Just to play fair. Does that mean I get the day off? Er. Not really. This morning I did the final pass on “The Devil’s Jack” and passed it off to my
Sunday is a day of rest. Sort of. Read More »
from CE Murphy’s blog: “I have accepted desperance/Chaz’s challenge, and will be writing a novel in five weeks. Chaz is already ahead; he has 15K of an 80K novel written, and I have, um. Five or ten hand-written pages of a 60K novel written. More alarmingly, I have a Walker Papers proposal and a short
You did WHAT, Gilman? Read More »
If this is relevant to your interests: Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, week 31. In which Practical Meerkat discusses the idea of the long game, for writers. ———– I’m informed Mercury has gone retrograde, FUBARing our ability to communicate. I don’t believe in astrology, & yet after the
Friday is just another day to freelancers. And yet, the magic remains. Read More »
And lo, two days before the official end of the write-a-thon, I came to the line that said “we’re done” (as opposed to the thing you thought was going to be the last line), and we have Achieved Draft. A drafty, mangled, in dire need of rewriting draft, I admit. But I know what the
Clarion Write-A-Thon Update: Draft! Read More »