Author Archives: allison

Dec
21

Done With Drafting

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So to speak. But yes, I finished the rough draft of A Trace of Moonlight at about 2 AM this morning. Odd really, because I’ve been fighting the story so much the last few weeks and last night it was like my head just snapped because it was TIME. Sat down and cranked out 3000k in about 2 hours, which is ridiculous for me. Is it the best prose I’ve ever written? Nope. There is quite a bit of revising to do, and not much time to do it in, but I suppose that’s always par for the course with me. I am going to give myself a day off, though. Too much to get done with Christmas coming anyway, and by the gods I am going to fire up some sort of game and play guilt free tonight if it kills me. In some ways, getting the words on… Read more
Dec
21

Reading My Own Words

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So I got a final ecopy of A Sliver of Shadow today. It’s not for public consumption, mind – I can’t go sending it off to people. But it’s useful to have.  For one thing, I can fact check against it as I finish up the last of A Trace of Moonlight. (And by finish, I mean…eh, one chapter to go and then revise like the wind? But still – it’s good to have something definitive I can look back on to make sure certain things were included…or not.) Plus, I put quotes on the back of my trading cards, and I need to find some good ones for the latest set so I can get them all printed up. It’s interesting, though. I don’t usually go back and reread my books. I don’t know if that’s just a mental “I’m done with this story now” or some sort of… Read more
Dec
21

GPOY

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One of these is me. See if you guess which it is.… Read more
Dec
19

Catching Up

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I’m not the most organized person, even under the best of circumstances. The week before Christmas tends to turn me completely on my ear and this year is no exception. Part of that is just last minute shopping stuff. Always too much of that for my comfort, but sometimes I just seem to have no idea what day it is until I look at the calendar and realize I’ve got a week left and I’m probably pretty screwed. But I think the kids are all taken care of, and of everyone one the list for gifts and cards, they’re pretty much priority. (And frankly, I struggle every single year with everything else. Cards and all the rest of it. I’m notoriously bad at getting them out. By the time I realize I really ought to send things to the people in my life, it’s a day before Christmas and I’m… Read more
Dec
16

Mistletoe Madness Bloghop Officially Open!

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Okay – the Mistletoe Madness Blog Hop is officially open. Click here to go to my site for a chance to win some author swag…though be warned, you will have to write hedgehog haiku. 😉 There are links there as well for a separate chance to win a Nook, preloaded with ebooks from our sponsor authors (including a copy of A Brush of Darkness), so check it out. Contest will remain open until December 23rd. (you can also just click on the graphic on my sidebar later.)… Read more