Dec
9

The Last Leg

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I’m in the last bits of the A Trace of Moonlight draft. 85k written – about another 15k to go. Though really, 100k is just the ballpark figure. A little more, a little less – it doesn’t really matter. I’ll be fleshing things out quite a bit as I restructure part of the plot, so I don’t worry about final counts until I’ve got something I’m actually happy with. I think the final word count for A Brush of Darkness was 102k when it went to print…A Sliver of Shadow exploded to about 117k at one point, but I narrowed it down to 110k at the end. (And I’d say the standard UF/PNR usually runs 90k to 120k for trad publishing. Epic fantasy can be longer, but it’s also harder to break into if a publisher doesn’t want to spend the extra print money.) When it comes down to it,… Read more
Dec
8

A Sliver of Shadow Trading Cards!

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Okay – the next set of trading card designs have been finalized and here they are! (I’m still working on the back blurbs so I don’t actually have any in stock  – it will be several weeks before I have physical copies in my hot little hands, but I’ll announce it when I do.) Characters are as follows: Moira, Nobu, Talivar and Brystion (in human form) Artwork created by the fabulous Darchala!… Read more
Dec
7

Just Because.

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Dec
7

Prickly

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Everything in my back hurts today, so I’m not feeling much like blogging or joining in the holiday spirit of things. Here’s Tumbleweed not cooperating as I attempt to take a picture of her in a sleigh. I’m doing a blog hop contest starting next week  –  I’ll throw up some more details about that soon.  (I’ll be hosting my portion of it on my official author site). However, part of the giveaway is a stuffed hedgehog. Alas that Tumbleweed refused to really want to be part of the promo shots… (This is her: “I’m going to crawl into your bed tonight and shank you” look.) A melding of minds, perhaps. You can see that the stuffed hedgehog is nearly actual size. 😀 But with far less prickle to go around… (Tumbleweed is unimpressed. Though she *did* lick its nose.)… Read more
Dec
6

Merry Merry

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So I wasn’t originally expecting this to be done until next week (I’m doing an author blog hop and I wanted something fun for the post), but the marvelous Jakface delivered in less than 24 hours and I adore the image so much I’m tossing it up here now…and if anyone’s interested, the design is also available in the Zazzle store for your Holiday cards. Because of reasons.… Read more