Monday, January 04, 2010
New Year’s Resolutions
Mission: To be in bed before 10:00
Timer set so I only have 3 minutes to write this blog. Ah! But seriously, I find myself doing so many last minute things that we get lights out later and later, and even if what we’re doing is fun, sleep is useful. I think part of my lack of concentration today was simply I’m tired. So to my list of other healthy habits let me add adequate sleep.
I have now completely lost my train of thought and that’s pretty much what I was doing all day. Wait, I remember, I don’t… Read More
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Sunday, January 03, 2010
New Year Contests for Divine Misdemeanors & Flirt
2009 was a hard year for a lot of people. I really appreciate everyone who used their hard earned cash to buy my books. You guys helped Divine Misdemeanors get to #6 on the New York Times List, and Skin Trade to #1! As a thank you I’m going to do some book giveaways. For those that bought, or got Divine Misdemeanors for the holidays, you can get a chance to win a signed copy of Flirt the Anita Blake novel that comes out February 2nd 2010. When I get my box of books you’ll get yours. See below for… Read More
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
What will your Bird of the Year be this year?
I have a New Year’s Day tradition. It comes from being a birder for years, and being Wiccan. The idea is that the first bird you see on New Year’s Day is your bird for the year. It will be a sign for the year, or how the year will go. Example; say you saw a Starling, high odds of that in most of America. Starlings travel and nest in large flocks, and especially roost in large groups so your new year could be full of group issues. It could be a message to be more social in the coming… Read More
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Want a Brighter Attitude and more Productive Writing then Exercise
I’ve spent most of my life living inside my head as if my body was just a container for my imagination. The first hint I had that there might be more to the whole body thing was Judo in college which led to weights and running. For the first time I saw the potential in this physical form. It was a new concept for me. I had been a bookworm and drama geek in high school. I was thin because of genetics and luck, but college would be the first time I tried to shape my body, make it stronger,… Read More
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
Holiday Peek at Flirt the next Anita Blake novel
As a Christmas Eve/Yule present to all of you guys here is a first peek at “Flirt” the next Anita Blake novel. It will hit the shelves on Febuary 2nd 2010, but for your holiday viewing here is how it all begins. http://www.laurellkhamilton.org/flirt.html
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Thursday, December 24, 2009
When Your Head Turns Ugly, Get Your Demons a Union Card
What do you do when you’re convinced the writing you just finished is crap?
Well, it might be crap, but odds are that it’s not. Most writers are perfectionists at heart. We’re always searching for that perfect word, the exact phrase to convey the emotion we’re trying to get the reader to feel. We build worlds out of air and words and imagination and we want them to be real and interesting. Sometimes we put the bar pretty high for our lonely little words on paper. You should have high goals for your writing, but you should give your writing… Read More
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Solstice is past, but the Holiday Marches On
Visited with Trinity this morning and heard all about her adventures with Chinese acrobats and the Titanic. She and grandparents went to Branson, Missouri where they saw both. The largest, permanent Titanic exhibit in world is there. They all had a blast.
Phone calls to New York about business that happened while I was on vacation. Then more of the Anita Blake comic to look at. Wips (works in progress), and Finals. We’re nearly to the end of The Laughing Corpse in the artwork. Cool to see it in pictures after living in my head in words for so long.
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