agilebrit: (Tired & Long-suffering)
I had a wonderful time seeing most of the Usual Suspects there. I found out about Salt City Steamfest, in July, which I will certainly be attending, if only to gawk at costumes and get ideas for something of my own. My brain is full, and I'm not sure that sleeping in was actually good for me this morning, since I'm feeling very tired and not quite here.

The lovely and effulgent [livejournal.com profile] bigsciencybrain put her finger on what was bugging me about Won His Soul, and I will be incorporating changes to try to fix those issues. It's very difficult to cram an idea like this into a fifteen- or even seventeen-thousand-word story, but I'm going to try and see if I can pull it off. She and the Hubby also disagreed about a particular scene and whether or not it needed more emotion, so maybe I'll take a middle ground and ramp it up slightly--or explain that he's so exhausted by all the other crap that's gone before that he really doesn't have the energy to react more than he did. Something.

Oh, and it needs a title. Awesome.

I ran into the handsome and hard-working Chris Cook, who had some intriguing ideas about putting up my already-published short stories on Amazon for the Kindle and B&N for the Nook. I'll be investigating that and seeing if I can build some kind of revenue stream from it.

I need to figure out what I'm writing next. I'm going to revisit both the tattoo story and the ghost ship story and see if either of them are salvageable, or maybe I'll hit up the Plot Bunny Hutch and see if something in there pings me. And there's the collaborative thing as well, which it's my turn to post on. I like to have something in Writing, and something in Editing. And I should also be working on the synopsis for the novelthing so I can start querying agents again. Gaaaaaaaah.

Since I was incredibly busy all weekend, I didn't post any wallpaper. So, have some today:



Expand1024x600 images under the cut )
agilebrit: (Writer of Wrongs)
Two editing passes later, I'm quite pleased with the Won His Soul story. However, it seems to be missing something I can't quite put my finger on, so I think I may pass it off to the Usual Suspects today and let them tear into it.

I talked to a publisher last night at CONduit and now have a new place to send the Faerie Show story, once I work up a submission packet for it. GOD, I hate writing synopses. Hate hate hate. I may talk with him further about that, because a summary for a short story is... not really industry-standard. It's a fledgling publisher and a paying market, although the guidelines page doesn't say how much they pay for short fiction. I will also speak to him about that, because it should say something there.

I saw Chewbacca yesterday. WOW, that was an amazing costume.
agilebrit: (Over My Head)
Gyah, yes, I realize I promised pictures. And I will post them. Eventually. I swear. Today has been full of busy-ness, however. I scribbled 1200 words and am now sitting at 13,800, in the Won His Soul story. I outlined the coming events in a somewhat coherent manner as well, so I know how I'm getting to the end from here. I discussed a collaboration with my lovely and effulgent RP Partner for an Actual Fiction Story for submission to Writers of the Future and Other Venues. I gave Ben rabies, which is, for the record, a horrible way to die. You may consider that a warning.

I also went to the bank, and I now have enough money saved up for WorldCon to stay in the hotel and eat. All other money I save will be walking-around cashola. This weekend is CONduit, where the writer Guest of Honor is Tamora Pierce. In a fit of efficiency, I actually bought and read one of her books before meeting her, so I won't be a blithering idiot. The book was "Terrier," and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

So this post isn't a total loss for y'all, I leave you with a photo I shot five minutes from my house, of a Scottish Highland cow and calf:

ExpandHOW CUTE ARE THESE ANIMALS. 1024x768. )

Good news.

May. 30th, 2010 11:50 am
agilebrit: (Tired & Long-suffering)
I had a dermatologist play whack-a-mole with a blemish on my back last week, and the results came back yesterday.

I do not have skin cancer.

I didn't think I did, but confirmation is a wonderful thing.

In other news, I had a wonderful day at the Con yesterday hanging out with all the cool kids. Of course, I'm freakin' exhausted right now, but that's okay.

Carry on.

Good news.

May. 30th, 2010 11:50 am
agilebrit: (Tired & Long-suffering)
I had a dermatologist play whack-a-mole with a blemish on my back last week, and the results came back yesterday.

I do not have skin cancer.

I didn't think I did, but confirmation is a wonderful thing.

In other news, I had a wonderful day at the Con yesterday hanging out with all the cool kids. Of course, I'm freakin' exhausted right now, but that's okay.

Carry on.
agilebrit: (Hit you for no reason)
The business cards are printing properly. I guess rebooting the computer fixed whatever issue it was having. And they're even printing properly on both sides.

Win.

Of course, I've been awake since 5:30am. I lay there for an hour before I finally said "screw it" and got up, and I've done a half hour on the bike and gotten forty cards printed and checked my email.

I'm going to print out Zombies! for my Writing Buddy, finish the bike, and shower. And then I'll need to pack my little rolly bag for the Con. I'd like to leave here by 9:30. I was going to take the train, but the last one leaves before midnight and... no. I don't want to have to leave early if we're still partying. Public transit is all fine and good, but I don't like being at the mercy of their timetable, y'know?
agilebrit: (Hit you for no reason)
The business cards are printing properly. I guess rebooting the computer fixed whatever issue it was having. And they're even printing properly on both sides.

Win.

Of course, I've been awake since 5:30am. I lay there for an hour before I finally said "screw it" and got up, and I've done a half hour on the bike and gotten forty cards printed and checked my email.

I'm going to print out Zombies! for my Writing Buddy, finish the bike, and shower. And then I'll need to pack my little rolly bag for the Con. I'd like to leave here by 9:30. I was going to take the train, but the last one leaves before midnight and... no. I don't want to have to leave early if we're still partying. Public transit is all fine and good, but I don't like being at the mercy of their timetable, y'know?
agilebrit: (Default)
Dude, I don't know if they have this extensive of a writing track every year, but I'm so in if they do.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to go yesterday. The bug that's been making its rounds through the Hubby and Da Boy whacked my sister Friday night, and we spent five hours in the emergency room with her, getting her re-hydrated. She's much better now, and the Hubby took her to the airport today. Hopefully she'll check in soon.

I got to talk to [livejournal.com profile] howardtayler and buy one of his Schlock Mercenary books and get it autographed and a drawing in the back. I met him at LTUE in February and he was really nice to me then, and today I mentioned that I sold my first story, had a short conversation with him before retiring to go stare at the A&tS story. A few minutes later he hunted me down across the hall and handed me this:



Saying I'd inspired him.

HOW COOL IS THAT??? Watch this space for a change in my default user icon, because, dude.

I also get to send the rest of the CatFeet fic to Bob Defendi for an "in-depth" crit. WHEE!

I took lots of notes and got to catch up with [livejournal.com profile] kenrand and [livejournal.com profile] snarking_boojum. I got all the autographs I wanted. I still have money left.

I will call this a "win."

Especially since Howard did this for me in the back of the book I bought from him:



If anyone wants me to cut the images, I will, but they're SO PRETTY they deserve to be right there on the page, IMNSHO. :)
agilebrit: (Default)
Dude, I don't know if they have this extensive of a writing track every year, but I'm so in if they do.

Unfortunately, I didn't get to go yesterday. The bug that's been making its rounds through the Hubby and Da Boy whacked my sister Friday night, and we spent five hours in the emergency room with her, getting her re-hydrated. She's much better now, and the Hubby took her to the airport today. Hopefully she'll check in soon.

I got to talk to [livejournal.com profile] howardtayler and buy one of his Schlock Mercenary books and get it autographed and a drawing in the back. I met him at LTUE in February and he was really nice to me then, and today I mentioned that I sold my first story, had a short conversation with him before retiring to go stare at the A&tS story. A few minutes later he hunted me down across the hall and handed me this:



Saying I'd inspired him.

HOW COOL IS THAT??? Watch this space for a change in my default user icon, because, dude.

I also get to send the rest of the CatFeet fic to Bob Defendi for an "in-depth" crit. WHEE!

I took lots of notes and got to catch up with [livejournal.com profile] kenrand and [livejournal.com profile] snarking_boojum. I got all the autographs I wanted. I still have money left.

I will call this a "win."

Especially since Howard did this for me in the back of the book I bought from him:



If anyone wants me to cut the images, I will, but they're SO PRETTY they deserve to be right there on the page, IMNSHO. :)
agilebrit: (D'Argo -- Anteaters)
Here's the (tentative) writing track for CONduit, a sci-fi con in SLC over Memorial Day weekend:

10 Best Books to give your Muggle Friends
Adjusting the moral subtext of your writing to suit your audience.
Alternate Histories: Analyzing the future by rewriting the past
Beyond European Aristocracy: societies on which to mold your worlds
Characterization: Designing Characters
Comedy in SF/F
Common grammar mistakes by writers
Dark Princess and Shadowy villains: the original fairy tales
Dealing with Editors
Dealing with Interruptions in Your Work: keeping the flow when life intervenes
Desperate Stepford Wives: cliches in SF
Druidism and Goddess Worship in SF&F
Fan Fiction on the Internet
First Aid for your First Page
Foreshadowing
Getting your Manuscript Published
Guildlines: Not Just for Beginners
Have Vampires been sucked dry?
Heinlein Reinvented: How is Heinlein being reinvented for the 21st Century?
How do you create a fantasy society without using real beliefs?
How to Catch and Keep an Editor's (and reader's) Interest
How to do research on the Internet
How to portray computer hacking in your writing
How to use research in your writing
Into the Shadows: writing the post-apocalyptic tale
James H. Schmidt story reading
Jumpstart Tricks for Writers
Manuscript Format Guidelines
Manuscript Preparation
Military SF
Original Fairy Tales: The grim side of Grimm
Point of View
Political Ideologies Expressed in SF
Promoting yourself (books, art, etc) on the web
Psychological Horror vs Slasher Horror
Religion in SF&F
Remainders, Paperbacks and other Inconvenient Truths of Publishing
Researching your story online
Romance in SF
Sex in Horror
The dark side of royalty: evil queens, false princesses and wicked kings
The Shadow side of Fairyland
Tough Guys (and Gals) in SF
Trends in SF/F: what's selling now?
Twisted Fairy Tales
Using the Tarot for Character and Story Development
Webcomics
What is the Allure of Horror?
What you can learn from the Internet: blogs, webpages and chat lists to help writers
When Magic Goes Bad: What can go wrong and why (how) is magic fallible.
Worldbuilding: religion
Writing a Good War: How can you have a good war in your novel without boring the reader?
Writing a Sense of Time
Writing Contests: why you should (or shouldn't) enter them
Writing Old, Writing Young - Writing characters who are different ages

They're also having a four-hour writing workshop the day before. And David Weber is the guest of honor.

Yes, yes, I know. I still need to do my Moab Jeep Safari report. I also need to go to the post office and get our mail, and go to the comic store, which (miracle of miracles) still has a copy of Buffy Issue 2.
agilebrit: (D'Argo -- Anteaters)
Here's the (tentative) writing track for CONduit, a sci-fi con in SLC over Memorial Day weekend:

10 Best Books to give your Muggle Friends
Adjusting the moral subtext of your writing to suit your audience.
Alternate Histories: Analyzing the future by rewriting the past
Beyond European Aristocracy: societies on which to mold your worlds
Characterization: Designing Characters
Comedy in SF/F
Common grammar mistakes by writers
Dark Princess and Shadowy villains: the original fairy tales
Dealing with Editors
Dealing with Interruptions in Your Work: keeping the flow when life intervenes
Desperate Stepford Wives: cliches in SF
Druidism and Goddess Worship in SF&F
Fan Fiction on the Internet
First Aid for your First Page
Foreshadowing
Getting your Manuscript Published
Guildlines: Not Just for Beginners
Have Vampires been sucked dry?
Heinlein Reinvented: How is Heinlein being reinvented for the 21st Century?
How do you create a fantasy society without using real beliefs?
How to Catch and Keep an Editor's (and reader's) Interest
How to do research on the Internet
How to portray computer hacking in your writing
How to use research in your writing
Into the Shadows: writing the post-apocalyptic tale
James H. Schmidt story reading
Jumpstart Tricks for Writers
Manuscript Format Guidelines
Manuscript Preparation
Military SF
Original Fairy Tales: The grim side of Grimm
Point of View
Political Ideologies Expressed in SF
Promoting yourself (books, art, etc) on the web
Psychological Horror vs Slasher Horror
Religion in SF&F
Remainders, Paperbacks and other Inconvenient Truths of Publishing
Researching your story online
Romance in SF
Sex in Horror
The dark side of royalty: evil queens, false princesses and wicked kings
The Shadow side of Fairyland
Tough Guys (and Gals) in SF
Trends in SF/F: what's selling now?
Twisted Fairy Tales
Using the Tarot for Character and Story Development
Webcomics
What is the Allure of Horror?
What you can learn from the Internet: blogs, webpages and chat lists to help writers
When Magic Goes Bad: What can go wrong and why (how) is magic fallible.
Worldbuilding: religion
Writing a Good War: How can you have a good war in your novel without boring the reader?
Writing a Sense of Time
Writing Contests: why you should (or shouldn't) enter them
Writing Old, Writing Young - Writing characters who are different ages

They're also having a four-hour writing workshop the day before. And David Weber is the guest of honor.

Yes, yes, I know. I still need to do my Moab Jeep Safari report. I also need to go to the post office and get our mail, and go to the comic store, which (miracle of miracles) still has a copy of Buffy Issue 2.
agilebrit: (Default)
Thought I'd check out their website, since we only get three sci-fi Cons in Utah a year. And I found out that David Weber is the Guest of Honor (snerk) this year, which I'm sure will make several people on my flist squee and be jealous. Personally, I tried to like his writing, I really did...but I just couldn't get into it. Windrider's Oath, while it had an intriguing premise (the concept of zombie wolves just never gets old), was bogged down by having a page of exposition in the middle of conversations. It annoyed me, so I put the book down. The Honor Harrington books are okay, I suppose, but I just never could get very far past the first one.

That being said, I tried to see if they had a schedule up yet, but they don't. It's still way early (Con takes place over Memorial Day weekend), so I forgive that. I then toddled over to the forums, and what did mine eyes behold...?

WRITING PANELS GALORE.

ExpandUnder the cut, because, DUDE. )

Now, I'm fair certain that not all these panels will make the final cut, because there's a week's worth of stuff there, but if even half of it does, that'll be $32 well-spent for the registration fee.
agilebrit: (Default)
Thought I'd check out their website, since we only get three sci-fi Cons in Utah a year. And I found out that David Weber is the Guest of Honor (snerk) this year, which I'm sure will make several people on my flist squee and be jealous. Personally, I tried to like his writing, I really did...but I just couldn't get into it. Windrider's Oath, while it had an intriguing premise (the concept of zombie wolves just never gets old), was bogged down by having a page of exposition in the middle of conversations. It annoyed me, so I put the book down. The Honor Harrington books are okay, I suppose, but I just never could get very far past the first one.

That being said, I tried to see if they had a schedule up yet, but they don't. It's still way early (Con takes place over Memorial Day weekend), so I forgive that. I then toddled over to the forums, and what did mine eyes behold...?

WRITING PANELS GALORE.

ExpandUnder the cut, because, DUDE. )

Now, I'm fair certain that not all these panels will make the final cut, because there's a week's worth of stuff there, but if even half of it does, that'll be $32 well-spent for the registration fee.

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