Sillybean

and to all a good night

I let go of work and holiday bullshit, and the stories start bubbling up again. Nice to know they’re still there.

New words: 1151
Reason for stopping: tired, done, 1am
Sustenance: Raspberry tea
Exercise: pfft
…

So, about that writing thing

I’ve been unbearably cranky all day, and it finally occurred to me that it was because there was a bit of story trying to claw its way out. That happens, sometimes, when I don’t write for three or four months.…

I love my new job

Yeah, I have server upgrade issues, and yeah, it’s 78°F in my office at the moment, which is causing my computer’s fans to go on strike for better working conditions.

Still, I get to post things like this…

RWA National and SF cons, compare and contrast

After eleven years of SF conventions, RWA National was … different. Convention neepery follows; run away now if you don’t care about this sort of thing.

For starters, I’m more or less used to being in the minority at…

Hot, tired, and home

Home from RWA National. Later this week, if I can pull my thoughts together, I’ll write a bit about how I think RWA and SF cons could learn from one another. For now, I’m cataloguing all the free…

NotWriting, day 2

I tried for several hours to come up with something to write yesterday, and eventually admitted defeat and went to bed. Tonight is turning out to be much the same — I’ve scribbled a few notes, but it’s a scene…

And so to bed

Despite the time stamp, this is the report for July 3. My personal rule is that if I haven’t gone to bed yet, it’s still today. And today I didn’t get started until 1 a.m.

New words: 773
Reason…

I’d rather be reading.

Well. The honeymoon is over; the words no longer come easily, and we are definitely in the “don’ wanna” stage. And one of the other books is bouncing on its toes for my attention.

New words: 908
Reason for…

Home again, and writing

I think I finally have titles I like for all four of these books. Of course, whether I write all four of them is anybody’s guess.

New words: 863, plus 575 elsewhere
Reason for stopping: quota, tired
Sustenance:…

Got rain?

New words: 781
Reason for stopping: oh so tired
Sustenance: Raspberry tea
Exercise: does slogging through rain count?
Teaching the spell-check to spell: Buffy
Mean things: a very, very bad date
Time wasters: the…

When mama’s tired, everybody’s tired

I’m tired. My characters were very tired tonight. Coincidence? I think not.

New words: 800
Reason for stopping: quota, past my bedtime, and that’s a nice round number
Sustenance: Raspberry tea
Exercise: none today.
Darling…

Need more internet

Did I really write “end of scene” last night as a reason for stopping? That was not the end of the scene. This is the end of the scene.

New words: 896
Reason for stopping: I fall over now.

If you’re maybe…

So the car wouldn’t start this morning, which meant that instead of kicking off my week with three injections like I normally do, I got to start it with forty-five minutes of arguing with the car, peppered with brief phone…

An open letter to English-language writers

The word you are looking for is cachet.

This is not the same word as cache, and writing it as caché does not make it so.

Please quit substituting the latter for the former.

Nolove,
The English major…

Wrestling the plot octopus

I can has outline!

No wonder I was having trouble: this plot has at least five threads, and that’s not counting the flashback story. And I’d taken more than a few wrong turns early on.

I know where I’m going…