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The Deadline that Would not Die
Oct
26
, 2009
The edits of DIVINE MISDEMEANORS are done. I feel apprehensive writing that last sentence as if more edits will fall from the sky, land on my desk, and yell, "Ah-ha, you only [...]
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But it’s a Nice Chair, or Advice to beginning writers
Oct
24
, 2009
I had a writer with his first novel finished and publishers actually interested, good for him, ask me about recommending a publisher that would treat a new writer well. That they [...]
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Overdrive Works for Me
Oct
18
, 2009
I have found myself taking the mornings, or most of the day, off this weekend and only going to work after noon, or for tonight after dark. I usually do work first and then play [...]
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Correction its 2010 not 2011
Oct
14
, 2009
Oops. Ok, lets try that again: Flirt, the surprise Anita Blake novel, is coming March 2010 not 2011. The Yet to be Titled Anita Blake novel is coming June 2010 not 2011. I knew I [...]
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A New Novelette, New Merry, & Two New Anita
Oct
14
, 2009
Divine Misdemeanors, the next Merry Gentry book, is still safely in New York, but Flirt was languishing needing some rewrites and editing. I told them they had to wait until [...]
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The 200 pages you’ll never see
Oct
13
, 2009
Divine Misdemeanors is off to New York. It went out last night via e-mail. Once you actually had to Fed-Ex the manuscript to the publisher, but now everyone seems to prefer an [...]
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My Muse and I saw 5 AM
Oct
12
, 2009
My muse and I had an agreement last night. I would stay up and type until she got to a point in the book that she wasn’t sure about. What I didn’t understand when I [...]
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Keeping Up with my Muse
Oct
09
, 2009
I woke at 3 AM this morning. One moment I was asleep and the next wide awake. I stared up into the dark listening to Jonathon’s deep breathing beside me and thought damn it, [...]
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Something Fun that You Can Dance To
Oct
07
, 2009
Another day of fighting with some monster muscle tightness. The human body is just not made to sit at a computer this long without reprecussions. I’ve had massage, thanks to [...]
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Publishing my 30th Novel
Oct
05
, 2009
Archon 33 is past. One of the weird things about it was that it was number thirty-three. The first Archon I went to I’d sold one short story. Now I have twenty-seven novels [...]
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