Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Writing Advice, or maybe just Shared Confusion
So many of you ask me how to be a published writer, and I’m sort of stumped, because every writer I know well does it differently. We are very individualistic creatures, we writers. There is no magic formula, or at least not just one. It’s more like there’s a different one for different writers.
Some writers outline. Some writers make outlines almost as long as the finished book. I can’t do that, because if I outline too much then that pressure to write the story goes away. I’ve learned that I can outline the major points of a book,… Read More
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Sunday, July 26, 2009
Why Didn’t Watch Apollo 11 Coverage
I didn’t watch any of the Apollo 11 footage on TV or on the computer. I didn’t listen to any of the audio. At the time I just thought, well, I’m really busy. That is true with the next Merry book, DIVINE MISDEMEANORS due to hit the shelves in December I am rather frantically writing. Jon and I are also still working on the current comic issue of THE LAUGHING CORPSE. There is also some dealings with various things to do with the Anita Blake television show/movie. Can’t go into details, but let’s just say it’s added to my to-do… Read More
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
Why the Bad Mood Yesterday?
My mood went really dark yesterday. By the end of the day I was left puzzling over what went wrong inside my head, or emotions, or whatever to cause all that blah. So I went over my day, trying to figure out where I lost the thread of it all. Okay, so the morning didn’t start out great. Jon woke at 5:00 AM not feeling well. He got better during the day, we’ve just both learned there are things we can’t eat, or rather we can, but we’ll regret it later. So cross another food off his list.
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Shapeshifter questions and a writing question answered
Questions from Forum, Twitter, Face Book, and My Space:
1. How does Mowgli Syndrome work? This was first mentioned in DANSE MACABRE, but for those who are not that far in the books or just to refresh the memory, Mowgli Syndrome is a genetic birth defect in Anita’s world. It happens when a human woman that does not shapeshift (because technically shapeshifters are still human) has sex with a shapeshifter while he’s in half man, half beast form. There is a chance that any baby conceived during that kind of sex could have a mixture of human and animal DNA.… Read More
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
And yet . . .
Things that people don’t tell you about tattoos:
1. They hurt after you get them not just during.
2. They will eventually start to itch like crazy, and you must not scratch for fear of messing up the tattoo.
3. You cannot soak them in water for fear of ruining tattoo. So shower, not bath, or very careful to not get tattoo wet in bath, and no swimming. I’m told by this weekend this part should be over and I will be able to soak in the tub.
4. The scabs that fall off are the same color and shape… Read More
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
No battle plan survives . . .
We were supposed to go to the gym tonight, but 7:30 came and we were not even close to ready to leave, so we called it. We got dinner and were going to try to see Harry Potter, but the next showing would have gotten us out at near midnight. Too late.
I should go back to work, but I don’t want to. It’s been a long productive day and though with my deadlines I need to go back to work, I think I’m done for the day. I’ve noticed if I push myself too late at night that… Read More
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
The First Tattoo
Tattoos; we has them. About a year ago Jon and I came up with an idea for a small tattoo. It was something unique and special to us as a couple. Our friend, Pili, who is an artist, and has several tattoos offered to draw them on us. She did, and we liked them. They wore off, and we had her draw them on us again. They wore off, and we missed them. She drew them on a third time and again we missed them when they wore off. Then we put the whole idea on the back burner so… Read More
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