Just about done with the first pass on Black Desert line edits. Not actually typing them in, mind, just bleeding over the manuscript, which is a mess (yes, that sounds messy, doesn’t it?). There’s this very obvious chunk of the book where I’m just dithering away until I can come up with the ending (ie […]
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… when someone is going to do this up properly. Maybe I have to be srsly famous first? At least I have an entry!
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Finding good examples of query letters and synopses online can be tough, especially when you’re an SF/F writer. I returned again and again to this one by Lynn Flewelling when I started writing mine. And lo, look, now here’s a whole bunch of them. For those working on Queries, I also recommend Elizabeth Lyon’s book,
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Infodumps bore the living crap out of me. It’s probably one reason why I don’t read a lot of hard SF. Hard SF loves the infodump. The trouble with infodumps is that all they do is get you information. It doesn’t expand on character. It doesn’t move the plot forward. People aren’t moving forward with
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Book checks. They are a tricky thing. Everybody tells you not to rely on them coming on time -or even at all! -but there’s this part of you that’s always planning and scheming and hoping and budgeting, regardless. I’ve been putting off some purchases for awhile because I keep thinking, “You know, it would be
The printer gifted to me by the not-Boyfriend finally bit it on Monday. It was having trouble picking up paper, which I had to reload after every 10 sheets. Then I overloaded it and it made a horrible grinding noise and when I pulled the tray out, several plastic parts came with it. Alas. I
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I hate cutting out cool characters who it turns out you just don’t need for the book. One of my walk on characters from GW got a fairly lengthy scene in BD in a chapter that, well, doesn’t really need her so much anymore (she doesn’t show up later in the book, so doing a
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I’ve been contemplating what project to take up after I finish Babylon, mainly because it’s never too early to start doing book research and working out plot points. Basically, I can work on the 5-book fantasy saga about genocide, polyamorous matriarchy, and the end of the world, or I can write the standalone book about
When you google an author you like, what are you looking for? I mean, sure, I’d like to know other books that they’ve written, so I can buy more. But mainly, these days: I’m looking for dirt. Oh, sure, if I’m in love with their world, it’s nice to have maps and characters and forums
As I was reviewing the synopsis for book 3 of the bel dame books (Babylon) I realized that I accidently killed some folks in book 2 that were supposed to be in book 3. Oh well. They weren’t very important people anyway.
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