Good Question

A friend on Livejournal asked this question:
“did you ever have to write any query letters?”
Oh my yes. Yes I did. And do. Every damn time I want to sell something, a query goes out with the manuscript.
Queries are the letter you send to a publisher asking them to buy what you’re selling. They’re fraught. People [...]

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Final final final

So I got the final final final round of edits for Field Guide (I think. I hope.) and, really I have to give a shout out to Jay Lake, who once, long ago, in the far off mists of time, posted something on his blog about how the only person who has any responsibility for [...]

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In Which I Ramble About Skill, Lack, and Learning

I have this habit of sitting down and talking to myself and then not writing down what I’ve been talking about, which is a bit of a shame, because that’s how I talk myself through writing stuff, and who knows? Maybe that would be interesting to you guys. Anyway, here’s what I’ve been thinking about [...]

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Stuff and Things

Well, kids, what can I tell you? I’ve been busy doing, well, stuff.
I discovered a few little niggles with Stormy Bamboo, nothing major, just, you know, a space missing here, words like mmany instead of many, that sort of thing. Got that sorted out with an intensive reading Wednesday-Thursday. Phew
Having gone through that, and returned [...]

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Hey! It’s Out!

The ebook version of Stormy Bamboo is out out out. If you want that delicious cover (or, you know, you want to read the book), grab your copy here.

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One Night Only

Discovery Coffee (664 Discovery Street, Victoria, BC) at 7pm on October 16, yours truly reads from Mediocre Assassin’s Handbook and Stormy Bamboo. See some of you there!

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Editing

Editing sticks in my brain. I lie awake and think of scenes that bug me, or things I’ve been meaning to change, or things that might be inconsistent. Right now, it’s money that’s driving me crazy.
I’m trying to keep track of how much money the character has on him, when he last ate, that sort [...]

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Bamboo

Well, folks, Monday and Tuesday have been considerably less exciting than Friday, Saturday, Sunday was. I’m waiting for my second round of edits on Field Guide, pondering what to do with Onsen and enjoying the first really rainy day of autumn by drinking lots of tea and listening to the radio.
I see I’m on [...]

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Round Up

Friday:
Well, that was a promotion I shall never forget, for a few reasons, one of which was my colleague training so hard she passed out, but before she did, she completed a tonfa kata even though she was out on her feet. I’ve never seen anything like it. Talk about having your kata down. [...]

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Reading

I’ve got to read the entirety of Bamboo and have a look at Field Guide today. I also just got meself a copy of Spook, by Mary Roach (who also wrote the brilliant book Stiff) and Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself. I need to do some reading. Maybe you guys do too.

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