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Editing
I'm going through another round of final edits for the short story, and it's fascinating working with the anthologist on this piece. My regular beta team are awesome, but what's so interesting here is the attention to fine detail. I generally read through my work a number of times, fine-tooth comb and all, but this takes it to a new level ( Read more... ) -
Lapsed
I had no idea it had been so long since I posted on this journal, so today I did a little dusting. -
A Snail's Pace
I have a new understanding of the word slow. That's the speed at which my arm is healing ( Read more... ) -
Grammar du Jour: Heterographs
Heterographs are a subset of homophones (same sound different meaning).
I shall demonstrate.
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Bloodsucking Fiends
by Christopher Moore isn't quite what I had anticipated. I've read snatches of his other books, 'Fluke...' and 'Coyote Blue', and I know Mundungus42 loves his work as does my mom. He's amusing and deft with a turn of phrase, and while I enjoyed this book about a nascent vampire and a wannabe writer transplanted to the streets of San Francisco, I ( Read more... ) -
Incentive
I've been telling all and sundry that I won't be available in November. That it's NaNo month ( Read more... ) -
PSA: Word Choice
Dear Budding Writer,
A tomb is where dead people are kept. A tome is a hefty, dusty, written compendium of knowledge (arcane and mundane) which has survived for centuries.
Please make note of this.
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Looking Under the Hood
UberGeek, the boys and I have instituted our own book-of-the-month club, and this month it was Apoc's turn to choose. We browsed one of the the big-name bookstores for a couple of hours and he was finally drawn to the cover art (it really is vital) of the third in a series of fantasies(Twilight ReignThe Stormcaller is. It's been fascinating to ( Read more... ) -
One Thing and Another
What with the right hand's hampered recovery, and the left arm's cast, my keeping up to date in all the places I seem to have journals has been more than I could handle.
Having said that, I've also been quite the hermit recently.
I've been enjoying Kate Forsyth's Witches of Eileanan universe, which I've backed into by reading the last three books ( Read more... ) -
Reading, reading, and more reading while I recuperate
I met Karen Joy Fowler at the Festival of Books, and I was impressed with her erudition and the way she talked about writing. Of course, I immediately bought her The Jane Austen Book Club and her newer work Wit's End. I've been reading the first since then, along with another book my mom bought for me, Maisie Dobbs, written by Jacqueline Winspear ( Read more... )