Category: thinky thoughts
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Writing Tips from Pacific Rim
I didn’t originally mean to go see Pacific Rim. But every single time my friends mentioned it on their social media—every single time—it was to rave about it. So I got curious. Bear in mind, I am a person who, when dragged to the first Transformers movie, seriously considered ducking out to the bathroom and…
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Alphas
I had a first reader note at one point that my character Silver didn’t act very “alpha”, in the way that most urban fantasies used the term. To her credit, she was checking to be sure I was aware of that, not implying that it was a bad thing. She wanted to make sure I’d…
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Dream Logic
I had a writing anxiety dream last night–I’ve said it before on this blog, my unconscious is subtle like a brick to the head, so you’ll laugh at how blatant it was–but some of the internal logic of it interested me more than the central narrative. In the dream, I had a different publisher, and…
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Link round-up!
A short post this week, because there is a longer one for you to all read where I guested over at the Qwillery. If you’re getting impatient, you can also now read the first two chapters of SILVER, up at Tor.com! Finally, I’ve added my signings to the Appearances tab up top there, if you…
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Sounding board carpentry
Finished up a structural revision yesterday on book 3–it wasn’t like one of my usual full revision passes, but the structural element I decided to fix had far-reaching consequences, so rewriting still took a bit. Next up, a short story for an anthology, and then back for a proper deep revision pass. This new short…
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Face Off
Longtime readers will be familiar with my love of cooking reality shows, specifically ones that showcase creativity rather than just performance. I’ve found something even better to scratch that itch, which is SyFy’s Face Off, a reality competition show for TV and movie special effects makeup artists. The creativity is paramount, because they’ll prompt them…
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Trapped!
My choir’s holiday concert was last night, and afterwards we went out and caroled around the neighborhood. Caroling on street corners (rather than at people’s doors) has always been something that I really enjoy. People stop, and smile, and enjoy the music, and it restores my faith in humanity a little. It brings to mind…
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Zero-sum games and reality TV
Followers of this blog will already be aware that I have a couple guilty pleasure reality shows categories that I watch: cooking for one, and this season I’ve been following the Glee Project. For those unfamiliar with it, they auditioned young singers with a 7-episode role on Glee next season for the winner. It was…
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Doesn’t mattermattermatter
I had a musing sort of post lined up for this week, about my Germany experience, but events of the week have offered other material. But fear not! You shall not escape it. I have it noted down for next week. I went to a see a production of Ruddigore today, which is my favorite…