Should I contact the art department and see if there’s still time to change it? (Pulp-o-mizer link via Papersky.) ETA: This isn’t a real cover. This is just me playing with the above Pulp-O-Mizer and generating something deliberately wildly inappropriate for fun. RH hasn’t changed the cover for my final book–it will in fact look […]
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Via dancinghorse and jess_ka and probably half of the rest of my friendslist by the time I finish posting: “Go to page 77 (or 7) of your current ms. Go to line 7. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written. No cheating.”(eyes page proofs for
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The unicorns, of course. Me and Schmendrick.
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kateelliott reminded me how useful a procrastination tool much fun it is to play with wordle.Here’s the word cloud for Faerie Winter (click to enlarge):Interesting to see who and what looms large in this book!
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Via swan_tower and chibicharibdys:Give me the title of a story I’ve never written, and feedback telling me what you liked best about it, and I will tell you any of: the first sentence, the last sentence, the thing that made me want to write it, the biggest problem I had while writing it, why it
Have had fun watching Lost in Austen the past few days, which is basically exactly what is seems: A Pride and Prejudice obsessed romantic, Amanda Price, finds herself in the world of the story, while (almost more interestingly, though it’s only very lightly explored) Elizabeth Bennett finds herself in our world. A problematic ending, perhaps
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Although, how cool can you really be if you’re even tempted to take this test?Also, this result has me inspired to link to the Stealth Geek FAQ. Just in case anyone hasn’t read it yet.
Last week the TE revisions were been deemed acceptable and sent on to copyediting. It always (even when the revisions are relatively light, as they were this time) seems to take me about a week to return to full-brained functionality after a round of revisions.Am now digging back into the Bones sequel–remembering the world and
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As a rule, I only do memes if I’m feeling particularly weak-minded they’re really pretty. Which means I just spent way too much time playing with the wordcloud widget that most of the known universe has already linked to.Wordcloud for Bones:Wordcloud for Secret:Wordcloud for the work-in-progress:
1. Have you ever killed a man?2. With your own hands?3. What, in your opinion, is the best way to transport contraband across state and country lines?4. Even if you’re transporting explosives?5. Really?6. Have you ever stolen a library book?7. On purpose, or only because you found it under your bed years after you reported
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