Shannon

“Embers,” a short story collaboratively written with Jay Lake, sold to Norilana Books for the anthology LACE AND BLADE 3, to appear Valentine’s Day 2010. Yay!

I’ve been having some issues with my kids lately. I try to be strict when I have to, and they know I’ll get serious from time to time, but I’m simply not feeling like their motivated to learn. This teaching from home situation is not going as well as planned. Perhaps my kids like the

As noted here (with embedded link to David Levine’s report) (well we ARE writers after all), an excellent writerly weekend at the coast was accomplished. And yes, as Jay mentioned, I wrote 7,000 words on OUR LADY–4,000 on Saturday and 3,000 on Sunday. I’ve certainly written that much in a day before, but I hadn’t

I drove away from the Witchnest at 6:40–slightly later than I’d planned, as packing the car took longer than I’d thought. (One doesn’t pack a car the night before when the car lives on the street.) Even so, traffic was light, and I got over the (reconfigured!) Bay Bridge and up 80 past the Berkeley

No great adventures to speak of (which, yay). Looooooong day. I do think I prefer this to flying, but wow, long day. And, dinner is about on the table, so I must away! Just wanted to let the whole world know I arrived safely. 🙂

Laundry is done, bags are packed, car is washed and filled with gas, trash is emptied, 2,000 words are written, orchids are watered, bills are paid, and numerous other chores and errands are likewise dispatched. Tomorrow, I drive. Jay and Zellandyne await me at Nuevo Rancho Lake, where I am promised a fine meal, with

Ooooh, the gorgeousness:

You all know how much I hate flying. How I keep getting delayed, and bitching and moaning about how it would be quicker and far more pleasant to drive… So this time I’m going to drive. This week’s schedule is as follows: tomorrow I work; Wednesday will be packing, lunch with a friend, various errands,

I reached 80,000 words on OUR LADY OF THE ISLANDS today, exactly coincidental with the end of Act II. So, despite what I feared a few weeks ago, it appears that I am now right on target with the outline/projected word count. In the Department of Thank Goodness for Co-Authors, some WIP: Arian slipped on

Let me show you it.