Kavi left this morning to spend a week with a friend at a Michigan beach house (which friend’s family is renting for their vacation). We’d originally planned to have her come back after a few days, and go do a quick college tour trip to the East coast, but given how tiring the Southern California […]
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I’ve been thinking about my prose style, and how it’s shifted over thirty years of writing. When I started, I was a 20-something in love with language, and I indulged in some pretty purplish prose passages. (Like the alliteration there? 🙂 ) Over time, I stripped a lot of that away, and my style evolved
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Finished novelette draft, tentatively titled “Commencement”, yay. Do I have any police friends / followers here? I have a scene from the POV of a cop (mystery story, set in space a few hundred years in the future), and I’d love any feedback if anything in his scene doesn’t ring true to police procedures. It’s
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Another little writing stint after swimming, up to 18,163 words. I think there’s just one section left to finish the story off, but my wrist can only do so much, and my brain is feeling fuzzy too, so I’m going to stop for today, I think. Sent all of this to my workshop so they
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Summer writing schedule kicking in, finally — start the day with tea, meds, and writing. I didn’t start ’til after 8 today, but I’m hoping to push that earlier; we’ll see. Here’s a bit of my process, in case it’s helpful to anyone: When I’m writing a new scene with dialogue, which most of mine
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One frustrating aspect of this writing retreat is that I did something to my wrist a few weeks ago — I thought it was just an overuse thing and it would resolve with rest, but it hasn’t yet. I’ve got a message in to my doc; I’ll see if she wants to take a look
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Spent the day almost entirely in silence; I needed that, to spend some time mostly with my own thoughts. Made good progress on revisions to what I think is going to be a novelette, a prequel story to The Stars Change, set a few years earlier, I think? 14,650 words so far — next step
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Yesterday was kind of an astonishing day. I don’t know how clear I’ve been about what I’m doing in Santa Fe — I’m staying with George R.R. Martin and his wife Parris in a casita (guest house) to try to get some writing done. Roshani came with me for part of the trip, and I
Yesterday was kind of an astonishing day. Read More »
Quick question — do I know any writers (or other friends) based in New Orleans? I might be down there for a day or two in late October, trying to figure out who’s down there.
Any writer friends in New Orleans? Read More »
Woke up, did some e-mail and posting, finished edits on my House Rules story for Wild Cards. Roshani made breakfast out of leftovers, so I’m going to stuff myself now, then the plan is to get dressed and walk over to the grocery store; we’re cooking Sri Lankan dinner for George and some writer friends
Phrases like ‘effervescent in my aerated heart’ Read More »
