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Just to prove I am active on the internet somewhere, here is a round up of a few of the interesting things I’ve found on Tumblr this week: Quiltbag issues Transgender teen’s survival guide Trans* Titles for Young Adults Christians for Gay Marriage Launch “Not All Like That” campaign. “Queerbaiting” on TV (When subtext ought…
So, following the ‘just plough on until you reach the end’ advice – advice which is much easier to follow if you have a plot plan, btw, because at least you’re never left not knowing what happens next – you’ve finished your first draft. What to do now? Well 1. Celebrate. Reward yourself. We train…
The blog tour continues, as I talk about why I wrote Blessed Isle, as an example of the kind of love story that history made it impossible to tell. http://pantsoffreviews.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/guest-post-giveaway-story-out-of.html
Trying to figure out if this will automatically crosspost to LJ. It certainly looks as though it will, but will it be horribly annoying? I’m trying to reduce the number of blogs I have to update at any one time, and I’ve discovered this plug-in which allows me to cross post automatically to LJ from…
Why is writing the first draft hard? Because it’s like trying to spin mist. You know the perfect book is in here somewhere. You sometimes have glimpses of it, but it’s like a Platonic Ideal – you can never achieve it in real life. Plus, the book you want to write is nebulous. Every sentence,…
I’ve had two lovely reviews for False Colors this week. This one from nos4a2no9 http://nos4a2no9.livejournal.com/269348.html who says (among other things, including a very flattering comparison of False Colors and Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade): False Colors was just as thoughtful and emotionally wrenching as Gabaldon’s second Lord John book (which, um, destroyed…
