Every beta read of everything I write ever: “I expected the characters would have more feelings…”
Me: *grumblingly adds feelings to the manuscript because squishy humans think they’re so important* Continue reading “Beta Readers”
Writing with Chai
The coffee shop I’m writing at today drew a panda in the foam on my chai, and now they’re bringing around free chocolate chip cookies to everyone!
I’m at the stage of writing my novel where every night I think, “I’m going to finish it tonight!” But then I don’t…
But maybe tonight!
Tidbits from the Highest Heights of Word Count
Part of me wants my novel-in-progress to wrap up in the next 4k words, because then I’ll be done sooner; part of me wants it to drag out for another 11k, because I’ve never been this close to hitting 100k words before.
Hit 90k on my space opera novel-in-progress. Too tired for exclamation points. But yay. Continue reading “Tidbits from the Highest Heights of Word Count”
Tidbits from Hanging Out with a Four-Year-Old
GAH! I forgot to have the gravity change appropriately to match the scene change AGAIN. This problem is going to haunt me for as long as I write space opera, isn’t it?
Four-year-old: “We’re on an alien planet!”
Me: “Are they nice aliens?” Continue reading “Tidbits from Hanging Out with a Four-Year-Old”
Shaving Amy
Every couple of months I find an old mop lying around the house, spend a couple hours shaving it, and find a brand, shiny, new dog inside.
Doctor House Who
I dreamed Hugh Laurie was the Doctor for one special between Eccleston and Tennant. It was glorious.
Tidbits of Life
I’ve been rewatching the series really slowly and just made it through the episode where the Federation loses the station but Sisko leaves his baseball behind — and I just love DS9 so much.
I think I’ve trained myself that “taking a day off” means “only writing three hundred words.” Success? Continue reading “Tidbits of Life”
Assessing and Setting Goals at the Turn of the Year
Just broke 80k on my space opera novel-in-progress! That’s 80k in TWO MONTHS.
My accomplishments in 2017:
- 3rd novel in my Otters In Space trilogy published by FurPlanet Productions
- sold my novel The Snake’s Song to ShadowSpinners Press
—sold 42 short stories, including 17 to Daily Science Fiction & 1 to Analog - wrote 80k of a novel in 2 months (that ties into all 18 of the pro-level story sales)
Continue reading “Assessing and Setting Goals at the Turn of the Year”
Different Kinds of Hauntings
We spent several years under the imminent threat that we’d have to sell our house and move to a different city. That’s over now, but I still regularly dream about unfamiliar houses that we’ve supposedly just bought. It’s an odd form of nightmare.
The four-year-old informed me the local park was haunted by a slimer, so I had to break out my proton pack and do some busting.
A Good Moment for Sci-Fi
I can apparently rant for quite a while about how perfect the first thirty seconds are of Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor.
I’d just like to take a moment to acknowledge that Star Wars, Star Trek, and Doctor Who are all amazing right now.