So. I got great feedback from beta readers on Draft. No. 5, no giant plot holes, no record scratch moments, and overall positive, if varied, feedback. I figured I’d read through it one last time and then polish it up and start querying. Then I read through it one last time. I haven’t looked at […]
I made the 11-ish hour drive up to Burlington, Massachusetts for Readercon 34 last week. It had been a hot minute since I’d been to a con, COVID saw to that. I did manage a trip to DC in 2021 for WorldCon, but wound up watching most of the panels from my airbnb room due
Readercon 34 – So Good to be Back Read Post »
…and off to beta readers. This will be the first time anyone other than my lovely spouse will lay eyes on a work almost seven years in the making. Hahahaha, hope it doesn’t suck! Shew. I spent two months reading through one more time and doing line edits, tightening things and choosing better words here,
Draft No. 5 is in the Books Read Post »
Sometime in Fall of 2024, I decided I could finish this draft (number 5 for those at home who are counting, definitely not Draft No. 4) by year’s end. And so there I was, just before Christmas, wrapping up my latest round of edits. “I’m done,” I thought. But then a creeping horror stole over
Hitting a Deadline Read Post »
As I near the end of the current draft of my novel, I’m becoming more conscious of the weird gamut of emotions I’m experiencing. On the one hand, I love that I’ll soon get to read this latest version of my novel from start to finish. On the other, I begin to doubt and worry
Nearing the End of a Draft Read Post »
With apologies to Cory Doctorow. I let go of a few typewriters this holiday season, selling my 1959 Hermes 3000 Script machine and giving two others–the 1957 Sears Tower Commander and the 1953 Smith Corona Skyriter–as gifts. I have to say, it felt good to set them free. I love the idea of other people
Someone Comes To Town; Someone Leaves Town Read Post »
I have a dozen typewriters in my collection, but I’m still on the lookout for these machines: The Olympia SG1, Olivetti Lettera 22, and the Facit TP1. Olympia SG1 First and foremost is the Olympia SG-1. By all accounts, this thing is an elegant workhorse. I love my Royal KMG and my Hermes Ambassador, and
Typewriter Wish List Read Post »
Inevitably I’ll get to a point in my story where things are boring me, the events aren’t logical in the greater context of the story, or something seemed like a good idea at the time but is no longer working (or all three!). Or I’ll be doing a read-through of my latest draft and there
Brainstorm Like No One’s Watching Read Post »
Typewriters! In no particular order, these are the typewriters I’ve found since February: This list comprises the typewriters I’ve acquired since my lovely spouse pulled the 1949 KMG out of a pile of stuff bound for the landfill. Outside of the ill-fated attempt to collect beer bottles when I was a kid, I’ve never been
I Never Set Out To Be A Collector Read Post »