Onefinemess

The blog formerly known as Onefinemess.

TCotSS excerpt: 1st 5

| 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 [...]

a blog is not a heartbeat

| 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 [...]

on (my) queries

| 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 [...]

queries & unofficial (and unmentioned) month of blogging

| 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 [...]