onefinemess | May 4, 2011
So, I think I can say that the UMoB was a success… why? Because I finally forced myself to write something in one of my books yesterday! I generated a solid 1000 words in a scene that I had no idea about ahead of time, but that squished out like stubborn playdough from one of [...]
onefinemess | April 20, 2011
OK, so I didn’t get to it yesterday, but I don’t see anyone complaining – so here’s the first bit. This is the first 5 pages or so, basically the section I submitted when agents requested the first five pages. It cuts right at a scene break, so that works. This seemed to do OK [...]
onefinemess | April 19, 2011
So, I’ve decided that I’ll take the plunge and post an excerpt from my first book later today (I have two finished, first books in two different series). Maybe tonight. Probably just the first chapter. It’s about 20 pages though, so I’ll probably wind up attaching a .pdf, since that much in one post would [...]
onefinemess | September 13, 2010
But sometimes it feels like one, right? Anyway, I’m in no way going dark, I just haven’t felt moved to post anything beyond mundane reviews and entertainment commentary lately. I’m debating posting chapters from my first book… still debating. I’m readying a few more queries… just in case lighting opts to strike… gotta make sure [...]
onefinemess | August 16, 2010
This is at least 11 years old (if I find the date I’ll add it later). It popped into my head when I was reading something about past perception of the “cities of the future”. Certainly it was the internal cadence of “cities of <x>” that did the triggering work. It’s weird when something triggers [...]
onefinemess | June 16, 2010
So, I was going to wait another week or two to talk about queries (give it till the 2 month mark, I figured) but you know… what the hell, right? So, let’s throw some #s out first: [all in reference to my first book, THE CASE OF THE SHATTERED SOULS, an urban fantasy (*1)] 21 [...]
onefinemess | April 23, 2010
Last April, I think I did a post (or several!) for every day of April, as an “unofficial month of blogging“. Wow. Where did I get the time? We had a 2yr old and a 1 month old! I wasn’t even going to try and compete with that this year, but I’m trying to do [...]
onefinemess | April 13, 2010
The one I was reading… it’s in the house somewhere. IT HAS TO BE. But where? I mean, there are only so many places it can be, and it seems to not be in any of those. I can’t remember the last time I lost a book. It’s driving me crazy. I don’t want to [...]
onefinemess | April 4, 2010
Woo! Sat down and powered through this weekend. Done with the paper notes… now I just need to transfer them into the document. So close. … to another step. :)
onefinemess | March 11, 2010
To the one I mentioned just the other day. There’s a line in the fine print section that has me a little wary, about doling out your email and real name to their promotional partners and whatnot. Anyway, no big loss and one less thing to (minorly) stress about. Onward and onward.
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