It is just, somehow, liberating to wind up in a situation where the words just flow. I'm not quite there on the current project, but it's closer than it's felt in months and months. So, wordcounts are high-ish, and morale's high-ish. The current project is indeed about a mangled War-Dog, and I have no idea… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Definitely working on the next cupcake.
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Workblog for the week: Barking at the door.
Two weeks goes by fast, doesn't it? That's how long I've been working on putting together three pitch documents, which seems like it took longer than it should... but, then again, pitches are not prose. These specific ones required full plotting, which is one of those tasks that takes way more effort per word than… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Barking at the door.
Workblog for the week: Synopsis.
Well. This week I've been working on synopses, and that's the synopsis of my week! Pitch documents are interesting things. The ones I've been working on this week, partly in the hopes of getting some work, partly for the practice element, involve a short 'hooky' synopsis, about 150 words, then a larger breakdown of the… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Synopsis.
Workblog for the week: One more chapter down.
After nailing another chapter down this week, and keeping things rolling, I'm taking a few days break with other projects, just to keep every pot on my stove merrily boilling away. I feel like I'm a bit more than a quarter into my book. Which is an odd achievement. It is, at this moment, inclusive… Continue reading Workblog for the week: One more chapter down.
Workblog for the week: Worked this week.
So, after quite some time, I've managed to actually work for a whole week on my novel. I suspect this marks an official end to the sabbatical. We shall keep our fingers crossed. In the intervening time I have finished off another chapter of the Brocade Goat, so the sabbatical wasn't all laziness and non-productiveness,… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Worked this week.
Workblog for the weak: I need a sabbatical.
Urf. I think I need to take a sabbatical this week. But, some minor research implies that sabbaticals last anywhere from two months to a year. Hopefully I can just take a sabbatical-lite?
Workblog for the week: I May find a pun for this.
So. We near the end of the first part of our journey. Dragons slain, kings overthrown, worlds flung unto the apocalypse. Mhmm. About six months ago I set my first significant scheduled goal on the Calendar, which was an uninterrupted block of time working on The Brocade Goat through to May 31st 2012. Now, it… Continue reading Workblog for the week: I May find a pun for this.
Sale from May 1st-3rd at Furplanet – buy my stuff!
Oh, hi there. Would you like to save ten percent off the purchase of everything I've written in print to date? You would? Awesome. Furplanet's holding a sale from May 1st to May 3rd, with the checkout code 'OUTDOOR'. Now, while you could use this opportunity to buy everything else Furplanet sells as well as… Continue reading Sale from May 1st-3rd at Furplanet – buy my stuff!
Workblog for the week: What, am I a real author now or something?
Two huge, huge events this week. The first involved the arrival my first payment for Dangerous Jade - roughly fifty copies have been sold so far, which, you know, for a debut from a guy most people haven't heard of, that's pretty damn good. So, does that make me a 'real author'? How about being… Continue reading Workblog for the week: What, am I a real author now or something?
Workblog for the week: Notable.
So, apparently, making notes is helpful. How do I know this? I have gone so far as to add 'made notes' to my work records two days in a row. And it has been helpful. What my technique seems to be, and it's rather astonishing to me that I am developing a technique, is to… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Notable.
Workblog for the week: Solid.
So, for the first time in awhile, I'm more or less edging back onto my schedule, and have been working on my novel all week. Which, let me say, makes me ridiculously happy, even if progress is slow. Sometimes writer's block is something you need to edge out of your way bit by bit, rather… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Solid.
Workblog for the week: Back out there.
Well. Let's see. Among other things this week, I wrote a little bit of flash fiction, which is currently sitting in someone's slush pile. I'm quite happy with that. Finishing something, for two weeks in a row, feels nice. :3 I'm also back to work on my novel, with a toehold duly found, and I… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Back out there.
Workblog for the week: Do-over.
Well, I mentioned a short story I was working on last week. Well, I ended up scrapping it and starting over, then scrapping it again, and starting work on a whole new short story entirely. This new one actually worked out okay, and although I'm not thrilled with it, I am happy to have finished… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Do-over.
Workblog for the week: Back on track.
Sort of positive news. Looking back at my daily wordcounts for the week, they are, if not great, consistent. Consistency is the difference between watery phlegm and a rhinoceros. Consistency is good. Work is currently on a short story, mind, but it's getting me back into the workflow for the novel, which I am looking forward to… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Back on track.
Workblog for the week: Little bit.
This week, like previous weeks, has been slow, slow, slow. However, I did manage to break the dry spell with some work on a new short story, and we can all cross our fingers about that, can't we? Meanwhile, a furry con, Furry Weekend Atlanta, is afoot. And good buddy Kyell Gold is launching his… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Little bit.
Workblog for the week: Nada.
This week hasn't really resulted in anything we could call 'work'. I did get a rejection back on one of my stories, and I need to figure out if I'm going to extend it a little so it can sell to a few more markets, or if I'm going to wait for other submissions in… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Nada.
Workblog for the week: More censorship, plots.
Okay. So. That whole censorship fiasco? Ongoing. And maybe there's light at the end of the tunnel. You can read more about it from Mark Coker, Smashwords' CEO, here -> http://www.smashwords.com/press/release/30 <- however, two points out of that I take particular note of. Firstly, the National Coalition Against Censorship and the American Bookseller's Foundation For Free Expression… Continue reading Workblog for the week: More censorship, plots.
On Paypal, Erotica, and ‘Censorship’.
Okay. So. To introduce those who are unaware of the situation, in the last week or two, Paypal's been getting in touch with various e-book vendors, demanding they remove certain types of erotica from sale to comply with Paypal's terms of use. Now, granted, their list of off-limits content is pretty ugly to look at… Continue reading On Paypal, Erotica, and ‘Censorship’.
Workblog for the week: Awards! Plague! Censorship!
Okay. Awards, plague, and censorship are a lot to get through. Let's start on the easy stuff, how my work's been going this week. Still have very little faith in myself, but the faith of others has done a bang-up job of keeping me afloat. And, more to the point, towards a reasonable wordcount this… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Awards! Plague! Censorship!
Workblog for the week: Fixing it in post.
This week has been miserable, writing-wise. Lots of lack of faith in myself, but that's natural from time to time. To defeat the bad vibes, I've been sending out more material to try and sell it. Yes, this will result in rejection. Rejections aren't the point -- getting back into the stride of the cycle… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Fixing it in post.