Never mind that I didn't mention this on Day One, Two, or Three. I only decided to do this on Day Three, having accidentally started on it two days before. From now until circumstances prevent it, I intend to spend at least an hour a night working on one or more of the Mâvarin books. The last two nights it's been an hour and a half; I didn't think ( Read more... )

Ch Title Words Pages From To 1 The Tengrem 10,547 33 1 33 2 The Truth 14,584 46 34 79 3 Appearances 15,256 50 80 129 4 Prophecies and Revelations 12,481 43 130 172 5 Mages and Messages 13,011 44 173 216 6 Two Princesses 11,468 39 ( Read more... )

This LJ has been lying fallow for many months. I don't care all that much, but I think it's time to revive it. I suspect there's a compartment of my brain with which to connect it.

Earlier today I doubled back and edited the last few pages of Heirs again, having gone through those same pages in a rush the night before while tired. It was worth it. ( Read more... )

Where I am in all the writing-related stuff I should be working on:

Heirs of Mâvarin - have not heard back from Tor; it's been 14 months now. According to what I've been reading, I should count that as a rejection and query widely. Haven't done that yet.

Mages of Mâvarin (trilogy) - I'm on chapter two in my edit, but it's not as bad as it sounds. ( Read more... )

I expect I'll write about this on both blogs tonight. I was going to try not to be too repetitious, but on second thought I think I'll just crosspost, mostly.

There is a Doctor Who episode, " The Girl in the Fireplace," in which the Doctor visits Madame de Pompadour at key moments throughout her short life.  For him it all happens in less than a day ( Read more... )

Today was the one year anniversary of my three chapters, synopsis and cover letter for Heirs of Mâvarin arriving on the slush pile at Tor Books in New York. I was reminded of this fact in a dream this morning, in which Patrick Nielsen Hayden got annoyed with me for temporarily storing ham and cheese in a Tor mailbox, and announced he would have ( Read more... )

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Your Linguistic Profile:45% General American English35% Yankee10% Upper Midwestern5% Dixie0% Midwestern
What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

Yes, okay. That makes sense, I suppose. I am from New York State, after all.

Karen

What Fantasy Archetype Are you?
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