One of the things that I’ve always had trouble with was how to describe my own book. I managed to come up with this description while in the bar at Apollocon, with Chris Roberson, Space Squid * Nemesis Mikal Trimm, and a bunch of other people who I don’t remember. (probably John Picaccio, Matthew Bey, JM McDermott, and Lou Anders, but I couldn’t swear to it.) Chris was like, “just say it, just say it!”** Read more…
After slightly less than a year of more or less feverish writing, I sent the ms. for Book 2 off to the editor. It clocks in at just more than 102,000 words. However, I wrote about 160,000 words total. I have a discard file of ugly prose, wrong turns, bad plot twists, and horrible mistakes of about 58,000 words. I kept the file knowing I would go to it to put stuff back in, and Read more…
Well, it’s obvious. Jewel Staite…Lynn She played the sweet Kaylee on Firefly/Serenity and she also has a gig on Stargate:Atlantis. But even better, there’s steel under the sweetness. She’s perfect for Lynn.