Monday, April 30, 2012
And some more updates
I'm feeling the need to start working on Angel Kin again. I haven't wrote in it for probably three months at least. Not enough time and I didn't feel as excited about it as some of my novels but that seems to be changing.
Working on revising Two Struggles this month but haven't touched it for a week. Looks like I will have to work on it next month too, and will have to wait for my vacation to revise my space opera I did for National Write a Novel Month.
At the moment I am thinking of going the Ebook route with Two Struggles but if it is as good a story as I think--oh I may have solved when to put in some of her back ground I cut out. A talk she has with a friend, just have to decide when to have it.
Redid a story for a challenge on hatrack. It needed the term Command of Love or Command For Love to honor a hatracker who has a story by that second title in WotF 28. The winner of the challenge gets a signed copy of the book, by various of the winners. I think this year I at least have a chance. Probably not that great of a chance but better than last year.
Worked on my next story to WotF- revising it with help from a hatrack group. But I started revising the wrong version which I kept for some strange unknown reason. So I have to start over again... UGH.
My inspiration
I wrote this originally for a comment on another blog but I thought it might be of interest of anyone who is following my blog.... Thanks To Those Who Are.
A good majority of my ideas seem to come from pictures. Not all the time though, sometimes it’s; a line of a song, other story-, an idea from a practice session-contest, a scene will just pop into my head or during a discussion about certain plots. The other day I got the beginning of an idea while reading what type of stories a certain market might want. One, a streampunk moon colony, just caught the attention of my muse... that is my inner self that comes up with some of these ideas.
Sometimes the pictures come from my own mind and I try to writer out what I see. Sometimes it isn't that easy. The other day I got an idea for a steampunk story from various titles of steampunk novels. Clockwork something or another. That seems to be the newest fad in steampunk titles.
A good majority of my ideas seem to come from pictures. Not all the time though, sometimes it’s; a line of a song, other story-, an idea from a practice session-contest, a scene will just pop into my head or during a discussion about certain plots. The other day I got the beginning of an idea while reading what type of stories a certain market might want. One, a streampunk moon colony, just caught the attention of my muse... that is my inner self that comes up with some of these ideas.
Sometimes the pictures come from my own mind and I try to writer out what I see. Sometimes it isn't that easy. The other day I got an idea for a steampunk story from various titles of steampunk novels. Clockwork something or another. That seems to be the newest fad in steampunk titles.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
E-novel by some one I know
A friend from hatrack e-published a book. I haven't read it yet but I know she is a good writer. "Blood Will Tell".
Her Book
That link is to her web site
and here is one to smashwoords
here is the book
and on Amazon
And here it be too
So buy a copy...on smashwords you can by gift cards for it, I believe. Read it and enjoy. Good adventure and romance if I recall correctly from her web site.
Her Book
That link is to her web site
and here is one to smashwoords
here is the book
and on Amazon
And here it be too
So buy a copy...on smashwords you can by gift cards for it, I believe. Read it and enjoy. Good adventure and romance if I recall correctly from her web site.
Wow views
They have change they way they do the blog. A different set up, more thing sI can d even though I don't know them all yet.
Anyway, they now list the views each post gets. The Starship Allegiance one has over one hundred views. Whoa, that is a surprise. Some might be me but no where close to a hundred.
No comments though, hey guys-gals leave a couple.
A couple of others are 25 or so.
That's neat but in repeat a couple of comments would be nice too. :)
More on Urban Fantasy
I started this in the post for Gilman and thought of something to add to it a couple of days later.
I mentioned that I thought Jim Butcher was the King of this round of the Urban Fantasy rage. I wasn't suse if Gilman or another female writer was the Queen. They might be tied. :)
But I was thinking there is another male who may have had a hand in the rage too. Not as great as Butcher but still up there.
John Levit and his Dog Days series.
http://jlevitt.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Most of what is on the site is blank today, don't if they are having problems or if he is in the process of doing away with it. But his books are still up.
I mentioned that I thought Jim Butcher was the King of this round of the Urban Fantasy rage. I wasn't suse if Gilman or another female writer was the Queen. They might be tied. :)
But I was thinking there is another male who may have had a hand in the rage too. Not as great as Butcher but still up there.
John Levit and his Dog Days series.
http://jlevitt.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1
Most of what is on the site is blank today, don't if they are having problems or if he is in the process of doing away with it. But his books are still up.
Update thingie three
Been working on Stone Within at work and may switch it to home, I want to work on it more.
Haven't worked on the revision of Two Struggles for three days, since I needed to work on the crits for hatrack WotF. But I will start it up again. Thought I had a revised first chapter but can't find it so maybe I don't, I had planned on sending it out to someone I am trading crits with but can't now.
Monday I think I will start that steampunk story finally. I have an idea I want to try. I will have to work on it at work though. Less time for Stone and that means the two stores I started will have to sit longer.
Wrote a new letter to the editor and sent it out.
As far as of right now I will be E-publishing Two Struggles even though under another title, something that says the same thing but in a different way.
A paper Enterprise?
Yep someone did it.
http://tinyurl.com/84pfzxk
Check out the whole slideshow at Yahoo Games
http://tinyurl.com/84pfzxk
Check out the whole slideshow at Yahoo Games
Thursday, April 19, 2012
More on Laura Anne Gilman
A bit more on her.
I loved the Wren books and one of my MCs is sort of, in a way, kinda, based on Gilman's world in that series. Completely different magical system, -- even though it's not really magic :)-- the MC is female but she is more wild than Wren more like Bonnie in the second series except for when it comes to sex, my MC is less sure of herself, has a different job, there is no (Oh good grief can't think of his name been way too long since I read those books) partner in my book, my MC has three friends she hangs with-- one doesn't have the same abilities and doesn't join in with the other two who do.
I loved the Wren books and one of my MCs is sort of, in a way, kinda, based on Gilman's world in that series. Completely different magical system, -- even though it's not really magic :)-- the MC is female but she is more wild than Wren more like Bonnie in the second series except for when it comes to sex, my MC is less sure of herself, has a different job, there is no (Oh good grief can't think of his name been way too long since I read those books) partner in my book, my MC has three friends she hangs with-- one doesn't have the same abilities and doesn't join in with the other two who do.
Reading a new book by Laura Anne Gilman
I started "Tricks of The Trade" by laura anne gilman,
It's the third in a series by Gilman. The unique thing about this series is that it takes place in the same city, and time as a previous series. The Wren(Or is it Wen Yicks I should know) or Retriever series. Bonnie, the MC of the current series, was a very minor character in the first one. I'm surprised that Wren hasn't shown up in this one yet they live in the same building after all. Gilman says that Wen is suppose to guest in the next book.
I partly credit the Retriever-therefore Gilman- series for this explosion of Urban Fantasy. I have said that Butcher is the King of UF and Gilman is the Queen. But I modified that a bit. One Rachael Craine (?) might be the true Queen since her Storm Warden series was first. But Gilman must be a close second.
I would have to reread the first series again to be sure but I believe the second series is written differently. At least in the first book, my impression was that it was written for YA while the first series was written for adults.
I like Wren better than this series but this one isn't at all bad. This series is also more of a mystery style while the first one is more adventure so that might be the difference I am sensing.
If you like mysteries with magic and some personal emotional turmoil mixed in then you will like the second series. Yes, they use magic to solve cases but it's a tool like anything any mundane detective would use. There is danger even though not as much as usual for fiction books these days. Again that could be because of the mystery style.
I would recommend both series even though you can decide which one to read first or if you are adventurous read both at the same time. There are now three and soon will be four in the second and somewhere around eight to ten in the first- which is all there will be for the time being.
Having read the first series I know some of the things that will be coming up, in fact I'm surprised there aren't more signs of those things yet. The cover of Trade though looks like a certain event in the first one but that event didn't happen 'till later in the first series so I don't expect it to be the same event.
It's the third in a series by Gilman. The unique thing about this series is that it takes place in the same city, and time as a previous series. The Wren(Or is it Wen Yicks I should know) or Retriever series. Bonnie, the MC of the current series, was a very minor character in the first one. I'm surprised that Wren hasn't shown up in this one yet they live in the same building after all. Gilman says that Wen is suppose to guest in the next book.
I partly credit the Retriever-therefore Gilman- series for this explosion of Urban Fantasy. I have said that Butcher is the King of UF and Gilman is the Queen. But I modified that a bit. One Rachael Craine (?) might be the true Queen since her Storm Warden series was first. But Gilman must be a close second.
I would have to reread the first series again to be sure but I believe the second series is written differently. At least in the first book, my impression was that it was written for YA while the first series was written for adults.
I like Wren better than this series but this one isn't at all bad. This series is also more of a mystery style while the first one is more adventure so that might be the difference I am sensing.
If you like mysteries with magic and some personal emotional turmoil mixed in then you will like the second series. Yes, they use magic to solve cases but it's a tool like anything any mundane detective would use. There is danger even though not as much as usual for fiction books these days. Again that could be because of the mystery style.
I would recommend both series even though you can decide which one to read first or if you are adventurous read both at the same time. There are now three and soon will be four in the second and somewhere around eight to ten in the first- which is all there will be for the time being.
Having read the first series I know some of the things that will be coming up, in fact I'm surprised there aren't more signs of those things yet. The cover of Trade though looks like a certain event in the first one but that event didn't happen 'till later in the first series so I don't expect it to be the same event.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Update thingies part two
I split up this update since it was getting long.
Still no response form WotF Q1. But they had a ceremony thingie tonight and were busy setting it up. Probably this next week. That happened last year at this time.
Taking my time doing this one since the Awards ceremony thingie is on right now. Just saw one of the hatrackers there. My nemesis, from an earlier here post, may have been there. Can't recall her name off hand though. Too late I thought about asking the person I did know there to say hi to her for me if she was there. But than again she probably wasn't come to think of it. Oh well.
Well, I've had two different people say good things about two stories so maybe I'm re-finding my voice. I may have lost it while trying to find the techniques that editors want. I don't know if that is my major problem or not but it couldn't hurt. I referenced them last post.
I forgot to say that I started chapter four of Stone Within. And I may change the title to Set In Stone. I'll see what works better for the tale. I know the ending, pretty much the is, but not so much from where I am to there. She has to meet again with the police officer she met in the first chapter. Maybe start to like him, in that case that should I should add him to this chapter. I really wasn't thinking of romance for my MC even though use is gougious
Still no response form WotF Q1. But they had a ceremony thingie tonight and were busy setting it up. Probably this next week. That happened last year at this time.
Taking my time doing this one since the Awards ceremony thingie is on right now. Just saw one of the hatrackers there. My nemesis, from an earlier here post, may have been there. Can't recall her name off hand though. Too late I thought about asking the person I did know there to say hi to her for me if she was there. But than again she probably wasn't come to think of it. Oh well.
Well, I've had two different people say good things about two stories so maybe I'm re-finding my voice. I may have lost it while trying to find the techniques that editors want. I don't know if that is my major problem or not but it couldn't hurt. I referenced them last post.
I forgot to say that I started chapter four of Stone Within. And I may change the title to Set In Stone. I'll see what works better for the tale. I know the ending, pretty much the is, but not so much from where I am to there. She has to meet again with the police officer she met in the first chapter. Maybe start to like him, in that case that should I should add him to this chapter. I really wasn't thinking of romance for my MC even though use is gougious
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