Here I am in New York. Made the mistake of walking all around town in wedge heels yesterday, so now my calves are killing me! Good going, Di.
So then, I arrive home to my hotel room very late, after a lovely boozy dinner with a college friend, to discover this: I’ve been Cover Snarked by [...]
Entries from March 2008
March 28, 2008
I’ve been cover snarked!
March 25, 2008
Don’t Miss Out
Who has been following the story of PHANTOM PLEASURES, by Julie Leto, on the Plotmonkeys blog?
Every day this week, Leto is posting a chapter of her new novel, PHANTOM PLEASURES, and holding a contest for Amazon gift certificates for everyone who drops by the site to check it out.
I was lucky enough to read this [...]
March 22, 2008
All Roads Lead to Rome
The conversation at Fangs, Fur, and Fey this week is all about how we chose the setting for our books. Makes sense. It’s a site about urban fantasy, so the urban part should form a rather large component of the final result.
My book, RAMPANT, is set in Rome, and, as others have said about their [...]
March 21, 2008
…and the Winner is
Trish Ryan!
Email me your address, Trish. Also, I kinda realized I flaked on sending out those CDs. Oops. Will be remedied. Never fear.
(See, this is my problem: I hate post offices. So sometimes it takes a while for me to get up my nerve and send out all the amil that’s been lying around.)
Anyway, I [...]
March 20, 2008
Look What I Have!
ARCS! Pretty! (The cover is actually way brighter than this. For some reason, this picture is coming out looking faded, and the ARC cover is a bit more pale then the real one will be, at any rate.)
You know what this means, folks! Giveaway!
But first, the long-overdue description of this book:
RITES OF SPRING (BREAK) [...]
March 19, 2008
What kind of unicorn do you *think* I’d be?
Carrie found this and sent it to me. I have no idea what gives with the marmoset fascination, but I am not at all surprised by my results.
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March 17, 2008
Endings and Beginnings
In case you missed it, the incomparable Kathy Carmichael did a wonderful guest blog on writing great endings at Plotmonkeys this weekend. I love Kathy’s advice so much: she’s the woman who taught me to write (and adore) synopses. Don’t miss it!
One of the things I love so much about Kathy’s essays and workshops is [...]
March 14, 2008
Minior Freak Out
So last night, Microsoft Word decided to screw with me. It wouldn’t let me save, close, or recover my file.
My book file. The book that’s due next week.
This has never happened to me before. Not in seven books, not in countless partials, critiqued chapters, synopses, edit letters, cut files, brainstorming notes, newspaper articles, school papers, [...]
March 13, 2008
A Fortnight of Unicorns: Patched-Up Edition
As I mentioned the other day, I’ve misplaced the USB cable that connects my camera to my computer, so I have a lot of lovely pictures of unicorn paraphernalia trapped on my digital.
For instance, the picture of my lovely Avenging Unicorn Playset, which my same friend who made me the Astrid!Unicorn Hunter action figure gave [...]
