Shannon

Well today I started actually editing The Queen and The Tower…as in, I finally opened the file and worked on the book itself, as opposed to twiddling with the (currently) 16 single-spaced pages of notes and backstory. And it went well! I wrote a new opening scene, three pages or so, that doesn’t entirely suck. […]

I forgot to take a photo before I started eating, but you get the idea: garden tomatoes and basil plus fresh mozzarella burrata equals yum! Yes: back in Portland, after a brief jaunt to Seattle which included two parties, a long and very productive meeting with Brilliant Editor, several breakfasts out, a lovely swim, not

Ooh I am brain dead. I just (this very minute) finished going over my most excellent editor-notes on Eel River…they were very minor corrections, but there were like thousands of them. Truly. Nothing substantive as far as plot goes, and they were all definite improvements, but I had to think about each and every one

So here is the cool thing: Mark’s and my story “Night Without Darkness,” originally published last year in Gears and Levers volume 1, is going to appear in Book View Cafe’s Mad Science Cafe anthology! It’s my first reprint! I’m so excited. And it’s going to be a totally fun anthology. More details–including when and

Oh, what a difference a good night’s sleep makes. And we really did it up right: slept till almost 9, didn’t get up till near 11….ahh. I feel totally rested and human again. Also: coming soon, tomatoes! Good day today. Got a number of things done, despite the late start. (And considering the most important

As I posted on Facebook a little bit ago, the con was awesome, but the food is much better at home: So, yes, home again–and oh so tired. It was a GREAT weekend; Cascade Writers has been growing at just the right pace over the years. It’s basically a small con now, or a large

Well we’re traveling again, except not, because it’s in Portland; except yes, because here’s this hotel room. We’re at Cascade Writers, where we have 8am workshopping tomorrow AND Saturday mornings (and 9am on Sunday), and much programming elsewise, and interesting things to do even when we’re not on the schedule; so, this is just to

The temperature has crept up, it’s now kinda sweltering again…and again I say, thank goodness for the window air-conditioning unit in my bedroom!! Anyway, despite that, it was a productive day. Lots of Queen & Tower work; some prep for Cascade this weekend; lunch with a friend; book group in the evening, to which I

I’ve been talking a lot lately about The Queen and The Tower (formerly known as Nightcraft Mother), because I’ve been working Very Very Hard on editing it–responding to editorial feedback from Brilliant Editor and from Mark, and wondering if this will push back the publication date (spoiler: probably). But there’s another book working its way

I’m just saying: If you’re spam-marketing a proofreading service to bloggers, it’s probably not a good idea to have your email’s first line be: Hi [FIRST NAME], No matter how chatty and friendly the rest of the email has been carefully crafted to sound. (And not even to mention that you’re offering said quality service