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 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 | 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 | December 6, 2009
3: Elric of Melnibone (1st Elric book, been meaning to start this series for a literal decade) The Forge in the Forest, Winter of the World bk 2 (cheap used paperback to hold me over until I can find the HC at a good price) Storm Front – which thankfully has nothing to do with [...]
onefinemess | October 27, 2009
So, I’ve been working on my second “book” for about a month now. I’m 32k in, which should be about halfway. I’m also at chapter 15 out of my planned 20 on my outline. Although the final chapters will be denser than the beginning ones, it seems like I may need to add some things; [...]
onefinemess | October 20, 2009
I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen this advice given to aspiring fiction writers: “Use only said, avoid alternates as much as you can.” So, you know, “John said x”, “Betty said y”, never “John groused x”, “Betty mumbled y”. I guess. I think it’s even in On Writing. Yet, I’ve also seen [...]
onefinemess | October 28, 2008
OK I wrote most of this like two months ago, so for the most part I’ve forgotten where i was going…but I’ll see if I can patch it together if only to get it out the door. By: Gopi Krishna The story of how I got this book is worth telling. Mostly because I don’t [...]
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