Doing ‘Til It’s Done
This is going to be one of those days of pulling up bootstraps, rolling up sleeves and getting stuff done. With any luck, I hope to: Mail out books I owe winners. That includes the Ace/Roc sampler and DEAD IRON, to US and international winners,…
Tools of the Trade
I am way behind on writing the second steampunk book (which may have a title, more on that as soon as I know!) I am behind on email, mailing out prizes, laundry, bills, errands, sleep, and just about everything else. So you know what I…
Steampunk Ship
Steampunk research is fun! A tin* airship! This baby was sewn together with over three million rivets. (!!) From Wikipedia: The ZMC-2 (Zeppelin Metal Clad 200,000 ft. capacity) was the only successfully-operated metal-skinned airship ever built. Constructed at Naval…
Wee Little Machine
My computer died. The black screen plague, I believe. I’m going to take it into the shop today and see if it can be revived. I sure hope so. Do I have backups of my work? Yes! Well, all of my work except the folder…
The End Looks A Lot Like The Beginning
Good news! I finished the first draft of MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY yesterday–before midnight and everything! Yay! Today I will begin cleaning it up into readable shape. My poor first readers volunteered to read the very rough first draft, so I should get feedback from them…
Middle of the Madness
I have a goal today. It’s a pretty simple goal, really: Finish The Book. I’m writing MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY, book #8 in the Allie Beckstrom series. It is due Monday the 20th, and I have not finished the draft yet. Can I finish the draft…
