It’s only now I’ve recalled a pithy little line I included in the special features for The Royal Talisman: “I have also been accused of an inability to write anything short to save my life.” Good thing a hanging didn’t depend on the turn of that phrase. Because I blithely included in the description for […]
Working Notes – The Book That Wouldn’t Be Short Read More »
It’s been a weird week. For a start, it’s been very cold. Like, 35 degrees Celsius below zero cold. That’s negative 31 in Farenheit for all you Imperial-thinking people. I got Mukluks for Christmas — real authentic ones. But even at -35, they let the cold in and my feet started to chill up. I
Working Notes – Byzantine Heartbreak is Underway. Yeah! Read More »
Last time around, for working notes, I had skipped over two books, and had to back track. This time, I don’t have a book to talk about at all, because of another phenomenon of the indie publishing industry: doing it yourself means actually doing it all yourself. Everything. The formatting, uploading, releasing, technical un-hitching, acquiring
Working Notes – Backstage Pass Read More »
I don’t think I’ve ever hidden the fact that I write posts ahead of time and schedule them to appear here on the appointed day. Most bloggers do this. It’s a survival mechanism: We’d all be in straight-jackets by week four if we had to manually post each and every post on the appointed day
Working Notes – The Book You Missed and the One You Might Yet Miss Read More »
When it comes time to write these posts, my habit is to open up my reading software on my cellphone — Kindle, the ePub reader, Acrobat, etc — and find what it was that I’ve been reading lately, and report on that. Which puts me in an interesting position this month. First up, I’ve been
What I’m Reading – A Confession Read More »
Well, I didn’t smash any land-speed records, or break any vital bones, but this Christmas was remarkable because it wasn’t remarkable. Peace reigned in our household, there was no stress about dinner, and a good time was had by all. Oh, and I got one present I craved: The complete archived set of 158 issues
Post Christmas Update Read More »
My best wishes to everyone who celebrated Christmas Day yesterday, and for everyone who got the day off from work, I hope you made the best of it. Of course, I’m writing this somewhere in the past, so I’m not sure yet if I made a very good day of it or not, but I
Working Notes – December 26, 2011 Read More »
So Mark hits me with the news that he had to pick up some wrestler from the airport at the crack of dawn on Saturday, and because they’re not heading to Red Deer for the evening’s show until noon (Red Deer is only a couple of hours south of here), said wrestler would have to
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Working Notes – My Life, December 12 I originally had this post scheduled for much earlier — mid-November, actually. But my writing brain suddenly unlocked itself and words gushed out, and I finished an entire book in fifteen days and had an abrupt need to advise you about this new series I’d started, and
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Even when I was in hospital, I didn’t get huge amounts of time to read — shocking, I know. Mark smuggled my laptop into isolation, and saved me from going insane. I wrote blog posts and my latest book instead of reading. But there were times when I simply too tired to do either, and
What I’m Reading – December 5 Read More »