Here is the tentative beginning of Book 4. There is arguably something wrong with me, for having this many books in the works at a time.

Sunday Storytime: They had no idea what it meant to be invisible.

Sunday Storytime: "You love the ladies, and they love you!"

There's not much privacy in the post-Plague world. Charlinder and his uncle Roy are a sort of strange family, I guess you could say. This entry also contains the (tentative) first line of my fourth novel. 

Here I share a snippet from Novel #3, which shows what a deranged sicko I am, in case that wasn't already apparent. This is near the beginning of a WIP. While my debut novel, Charlinder's Walk, is post-apocalyptic but not dystopian, this one, Fait Accompli, is dystopian but not post-apocalyptic.

There's no actual violence shown here, but I should ( Read more... )

This one is from my second novel, User Assembly is Required, which is complete in rough draft but not much beyond that.

"You've never asked me that before."

On my blog today: 2011 was a good year for me. That's the first time in a while that I can say that about a year.

I got a job, a new apartment, and finished a book. That's not bad for 12 months.

On Facebook just now...

Friend who has read my book: *posts picture of her husband playing with adorable baby daughter*
Me: "I love how {baby} looks so happy in all the pictures you post!"
Friend's Husband, with whom I don't think I've ever communicated before: "Alyson, WHY YOU {references something that happens in Charlinder's Walk, and which I will ( Read more... )

What a naughty, naughty Monster I am.

Earlier this evening, I put on a load of makeup, took a picture of myself, and re-touched the living daylights out of that sucker in Pixelmator.

What say you? Is it a viable author photo?

( Look at me, look at me! )

The next time someone asks you that question, perhaps you could tell them, "I'm reading an epic coming-of-age with skeptical themes and fantasy elements right now."

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Details here. Go large or stay home. 

The proof copy from CreateSpace arrived while I was watching Hancock. It's fine, though the outside page margins are awfully narrow.

This bizzotch right here ( Read more... )