Coming up this week
Happy New Years Eve, everyone!
I took today as a vacation day from work, and our office is closed tomorrow, so it's gonna be a four-day writing weekend for me. ; )
Gracie the Greyhound is recovering nicely. The vet sent her home with some anti-nausea meds, and I've been feeding her a bland diet for the past few days. Apparently she just had some kind of stomach/intestinal bug-type thing. She started playing again yesterday and getting jealous when we petted Andy and Lucy. Yep, our little girl is definitely on the mend. ; )
Update on The Trouble With Demons: I'm a little bit past the halfway point of the first draft. I was trying to have the first draft completed by Feb. 1. (Snort.) Not gonna happen. Life just kept getting in the way. I'm working as hard and fast as I can, and that's all I can do. And when I do that and still fall behind, I do what I have to do -- revise the goal. And this time I have no choice but to have a completed first draft by March 1st. That's gives me two months to finish the first draft, and two months for revisions, polish, prep, and to deliver the final version to my editor. Dang, but that's gonna be cutting it close. Nine months from inception to delivery -- that's the fastest I've ever had to write. I simply do not know how authors who have to deliver two, three or even four books a year do it. Of course, my day job does have a tendency to get in the way, but a regular paycheck, benefits, insurance, and a place I love to work -- you just can't beat it.
Name that character/actor: Since it's a holiday week, I think I'll run this "game" all week. When you all read MLTF, you probably thought of an actor or actress who would be great as that character. And as a writer, it helps me to visualize a character if I can put an actual face to the name. So if MLTF was ever going to be made into a movie, I already have some actors in mind for specific parts. Who do you see as Raine, Mychael, Tam, Piaras, Phaelan, Sarad Nukpana, Prince Chigaru, Garadin, Tarsilia, etc. ? Send your character/actor pairings to me all this week, and on Saturday, I'll give you my list. Let's have fun with it. ; )
And this week post I'll another "Things I've Learned About Writing." This week's topic is "Momentum matters and persistence pays."
And don't forget that Armed & Magical is now available for pre-order on Amazon. So if you're in the mood to click and buy -- go for it!
And for those of you who have taken a holiday break from all blog reading, as a Christmas present to all of you, I posted Chapter 3 of Armed & Magical. Enjoy!
I won't be blogging tomorrow (New Years Day), but I'll be back on Wednesday.
Lisa
I took today as a vacation day from work, and our office is closed tomorrow, so it's gonna be a four-day writing weekend for me. ; )
Gracie the Greyhound is recovering nicely. The vet sent her home with some anti-nausea meds, and I've been feeding her a bland diet for the past few days. Apparently she just had some kind of stomach/intestinal bug-type thing. She started playing again yesterday and getting jealous when we petted Andy and Lucy. Yep, our little girl is definitely on the mend. ; )
Update on The Trouble With Demons: I'm a little bit past the halfway point of the first draft. I was trying to have the first draft completed by Feb. 1. (Snort.) Not gonna happen. Life just kept getting in the way. I'm working as hard and fast as I can, and that's all I can do. And when I do that and still fall behind, I do what I have to do -- revise the goal. And this time I have no choice but to have a completed first draft by March 1st. That's gives me two months to finish the first draft, and two months for revisions, polish, prep, and to deliver the final version to my editor. Dang, but that's gonna be cutting it close. Nine months from inception to delivery -- that's the fastest I've ever had to write. I simply do not know how authors who have to deliver two, three or even four books a year do it. Of course, my day job does have a tendency to get in the way, but a regular paycheck, benefits, insurance, and a place I love to work -- you just can't beat it.
Name that character/actor: Since it's a holiday week, I think I'll run this "game" all week. When you all read MLTF, you probably thought of an actor or actress who would be great as that character. And as a writer, it helps me to visualize a character if I can put an actual face to the name. So if MLTF was ever going to be made into a movie, I already have some actors in mind for specific parts. Who do you see as Raine, Mychael, Tam, Piaras, Phaelan, Sarad Nukpana, Prince Chigaru, Garadin, Tarsilia, etc. ? Send your character/actor pairings to me all this week, and on Saturday, I'll give you my list. Let's have fun with it. ; )
And this week post I'll another "Things I've Learned About Writing." This week's topic is "Momentum matters and persistence pays."
And don't forget that Armed & Magical is now available for pre-order on Amazon. So if you're in the mood to click and buy -- go for it!
And for those of you who have taken a holiday break from all blog reading, as a Christmas present to all of you, I posted Chapter 3 of Armed & Magical. Enjoy!
I won't be blogging tomorrow (New Years Day), but I'll be back on Wednesday.
Lisa
posted by Lisa Shearin at
8:10 AM
8 Comments:
Lisa,
I downloaded your book from ebooks to my portable reader. As I was reading it, the mail arrived and there was mail from you!! What a coincidence! Thanks so much - the cover art is so pretty. Gotta go back to reading! Happy New Year!
Cool! Glad your book goodies arrived okay. Enjoy your reading. ; )
I, too, have just received mail from you! A lovely New Year's Eve gift. :)
(and my dad was just home sick for a few days, and finished his TBR pile and was looking for something new . . . so of course I handed him MLTF. He was a bit iffy at first [blonde girl on cover, pinkish background, you could see his dread it would be some sort of fantasy chick-lit] but I shamelessly ripped off Laurie's description of 'LOTR meets The Sopranos' and he was sold. Victory! :) I tried to chat up my hordes of cousins during Christmas, but none of them will read fantasy. Grr.)
You go, girl!! ; ) Way to spread the word about Raine! I've been using Laurie's description, too. I just love it.
And I'm trying to keep pink off of my covers from now on. I made the request with the A&M cover and they listened. I love what they did! I've gotten quite a few emails from people saying that once they could get past MLTF's cover, they loved the book. Apparently people get freaky around pink covers. ; )
So glad you liked the book goodies.
Ok, I'm dating myself here . . . but I don't know many modern actors or actresses. Meg Ryan would have made a great Raine, if this were the late 80s or early 90s. She had that whole ingenue thing going right up until she did Courage Under Fire.
I'll have to give it some more thought for the guys.
Feel free to go back to the 80s and 90s -- that's where most of my choices come from. ; )
Meg Ryan is a cool choice for Raine.
Happy New Year, Lisa!
You too, Tia!
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home