Since quite a few people said they wouldn’t mind hearing more about my research, I thought I’d share the thing that stood out to me today and made me well up a little. For both Under the Hill and Whirlwind Boys (the novel I mean to do next) I’ve been reading up on World War…
After a very successful trial run last year, Speak Its Name‘s Advent Calendar is back with articles and free stories from a different author every day, a give-away every day, and a bonus Christmas give-away on the day. But you have to comment on every day’s post to qualify for that one. Hop over and…
Carrie Lofty has written a very interesting article in the Romance Writers Report about writing Unusual Historicals, and getting them past publishers who might prefer to stick to the tried and true. Also she’s quoted me! *Fangirl glee.* Walking the Tightrope: The Craft of Unusual Historicals
Change a single letter and we could be talking about crime and punishment in the 18th Century! But in fact I’ve been thinking a lot about how best to use the numerous blogs to which I’m committed, and how – or whether – it would be a good idea to decide what my ‘author brand’…
Nanowrimo continues to provide good things even to those people, like me, who utterly failed at the whole “write a whole new book in November” thing. (To be fair to me, my goal was only “finish a novel in November” and I’ve succeeded in that one.) However you slice it, though, I’m glad I did…
I went to see this at the weekend, and blogged about my reactions over at the Different Star blog. It’s probably not the most coherent of movie reviews, but it turned out to be a film of two halves anyway. And that was only the first half of the book!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_113393785392317&ref=notif¬if_t=group_activity#!/home.php?sk=group_113393785392317&ap=1 The United Nations General Assembly has voted to remove sexual orientation from a key resolution that calls on member countries to investigate extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions that are motivated by prejudice. The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and ARC International have condemned the General Assembly’s decision in the strongest terms….
I don’t know of much better than coming home in a warm car on a cold, foggy day, when everything’s opaque, the air and sky are as white as the inside of an egg* and the smoke from the farmhouse chimneys is a horizontal line just a little greyer than the mist. My life is…
The first draft of Under the Hill is officially finished, coming in at 138,712 words long. Normally things grow when I edit, so I still see it ending up around 150K when it’s finally polished and done. There was some brief elation, but already I’m starting to worry about the editing. I think, however, that…
Well, my NaNoWriMo attempt has once more gone right out of the window after last week. Nevertheless, I’ve still been doing over 2000 words a day this week, and I only have two scenes left to write on Under the Hill. Barring accidents or acts of God, I really should have it finished by the…
