The baby is sleeping better and the days are gradually lengthening. I can see an end in sight. The threads of this story are coming together, tight and snug, while at the same time the notepad I have open on my desktop continues to accumulate little changes - tone shift here, reordering a scene there,… Continue reading The Nitty Gritties
Category: Writing
Write when Baby Writes
Another week, another 10,000 words closer to my goal, another seven days closer to my deadline, another notch up on the panic scale. I think we're around abouts purple, going on plaid. Thankfully, I do my best work while panicking. It's also good for the skin! (No, no it's not.) Despite a week of horrendous… Continue reading Write when Baby Writes
Sunny Days Ahead
Ever since that snowfall two weeks ago, Michigan has been all sunshine and flowers. Within the space of a weekend, every tree here has burst forth with leaves or blossoms. Spring is quite literally in the air. And by spring I mean pollen. Here's to you, allergy-sufferers. May your antihistamines not make you drowsy. Instead… Continue reading Sunny Days Ahead
April Snow Showers Bring May… Final Drafts?
Evidence of said April snow. Well, one can hope! I've been down on myself a lot during this particular writing process. I feel like my first draft was wildly different from my draft zero, which of course was the most awful awful that ever awfuled. And my first draft still has a lot of problems.… Continue reading April Snow Showers Bring May… Final Drafts?
Hello, hello
Wow, babies man. Thinking you can write a book while juggling a newborn and a job must be the mark of a madman. Add updating your blog to the mix and, well. Hi. *waves* No news, as they say, is good news. And in a way, it is. I've been steadily working on this book… Continue reading Hello, hello
My Not-So-Meandering Path Towards Publication
It's cliché, but I've always wanted to be an author. I tried to find another, better paying career path - I did, really - but nothing held my attention like writing. My eclectic employment situations over the past ten years holds the truth of that. I bounced from retail to foreclosure to secretary to data entry to property… Continue reading My Not-So-Meandering Path Towards Publication
Assassins of Ghadid has been Acquired by Tor
Yes! I can finally shout it from the rooftops! My book, the Impossible Contract* - which is about assassins and camels and magic and queer romance - has been acquired by Tor! Not only that, but they also acquired two more books to make it a solid three! If you don't believe me or think that… Continue reading Assassins of Ghadid has been Acquired by Tor
NaNoWriMo with a Baby
If you've ever had a baby or been near someone who had a baby then you've probably heard the phrase sleep when baby sleeps. Sounds simple. Almost sounds luxurious when you think of how much a baby sleeps. Which is all well and good, except there comes a point when you want to do something… Continue reading NaNoWriMo with a Baby
Missing Limbs: Writing While Pregnant
I've been pretty quiet about writing around here. And that's mostly because I learned as a kid that if you got nothing good to say, you'd better say nothing. So I've said nothing, because I was also afraid of what was going on. Only now, on the other side of what I can now confidently… Continue reading Missing Limbs: Writing While Pregnant
January Review
First off: Happy February! Second: What happened to January?? Life happened. In quite a spectacular way. I knew January was going to be tough, writing-wise, what with every distracting thing going on, so I made the (very wise) commitment to simply write every day. No daily word count, no monthly goal, just a no pressure… Continue reading January Review
K. A. Doore 