Sure, it’s Saturday. This is a test run for Holly Lisle’s Friday Snippets for Everyone posting. This is one I don’t think I’ve posted here before — the opening of Twilight (at least, not this version). This novel needs major work, but this, for the moment, is how it starts: … Continue reading →
I finally took the plunge and imported Blogger posts from both blogs I had over there today. Polar Bear on the Loose is written by my character Inuit. Her posts are categorized under PBOTL — The Blog. Rantings and Ravings for Twilight has been imported and categorized under Twilight Notes. … Continue reading →
There I was. Minding my own business. Reading the Friday 20 over at PBW’s place where she casually mentions she snuck off from writing to participate in a discussion over at Jordan Summer’s place. Naturally, I click the link to see what enticed PBW away from writing (I thought it … Continue reading →
A very good weekend. I accomplished all the writing tasks I set out to accomplish. I have a review steeping. I’ll pull it out in a couple days and polish it before sending it off. I finished looking at a friend’s project and sent comments back. Finally, I finished this … Continue reading →
If you’ve been following these missives, you know my writing has felt anemic lately. It’s been very close to needing a visit to the ICU and life support. It’s on oxygen, but it’s hanging on. As I’ve been reading Stuart MacBride’s Cold Granite, something’s been happening. An understanding of how … Continue reading →
Tess Gerritsen blogs about writer’s anemia. “Real anemia leaves you weak and exhausted and pale. Writer’s anemia is much the same — except that the pallor shows up on the page. Your writing loses all color. Your plot feels dead. Your characters wander through the story like ghosts of themselves.” … Continue reading →
I’ve been horribly remiss in getting any writing work done this week. Tonight, I cleaned 30 pages of Twilight. I mostly did dusting and have worked through to page 136 (beginning on page 106 earlier tonight). The things I’m not getting done on this pass are the Merlin revisions and … Continue reading →
I worked on revising Twilight this weekend. I’m up to page 105, but I haven’t tackled the scenes requiring lots of work yet. I have cut thousands of words of extraneous sex. It was fun to write, but when I found myself asking, “Why is this needed?” I didn’t have … Continue reading →
No, I haven’t done much writing lately. Since early this year, I’ve focused on Twilight revisions. I’m making slow progress with them, but at least it is progress. November is nearly upon us, though, and that brings National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). For me, that means it’s time to write … Continue reading →
I haven’t said much about it, but I’ve been following the auctions for Larissa Ione. I don’t know Larissa, but she and her family lost almost everything in Hurricane Katrina. For someone I don’t know, her paths cross mine in several places–she’s an Air Force veteran, a writer, she loves … Continue reading →