Archive for November, 2007

Potions Class

Life, Musings, Craft| 4 Comments »

Sometimes, when I am tired, I make myself a little concotion I call “wake-up juice”. In the vein of Coke Blak, it is a combination of 30% cold  coffee and 70% Diet Coke. No additional sweetner. Extra caffeine and none of the sugar!
But if I’m feeling REALLY crazy, I toss in a shot of Kaluha. 
It’s gross, I […]

Have Yourself a Nerdy Little Christmas

Life| 3 Comments »

Thanks to Deanna Hoak for this little bit of holiday cheer:

Thanksgiving is Over

Life, Writing| 8 Comments »

Which means I’m out of excuses not to work. Rats.
Dani and I have been together for 7 years now, and married for three, but our families remain unintegrated. This means two of every major holiday, including Christmas, and an endless tug-of-war over who gets the ACTUAL holiday, and who we have to spend the next […]

Subway Writing

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I wrote The Painted Man, the first book in my soon-to-be-published fantasy series, on my phone. I have an HP Ipaq 6515 Pocket PC, which runs Windows Mobile 3.1. It’s a little outdated now, but it was the shiz-nit when I bought it a couple years ago.
I used to read a lot on the NYC […]

My New Life

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The last couple of weeks have been interesting, as I try to adjust to the complete change in lifestyle that has come with quitting my job to write full time. My last “official” day was Oct. 31, and then I packed up and went to the World Fantasy Convention in Saratoga Springs for four days. Then I […]

Post-Manuscript Depression

Events, Musings, Craft, Writing| 3 Comments »

Well, it’s done.
At some ungodly hour last night, I sent out the final draft of The Painted Man to my publisher. There will still be line edits and copy edits and queries and printer proofs and Crom only knows what else before it goes to press, so there will likely be plenty of chances for […]

In Stores Now!

Events| 1 Comment »

No, not (The Artist Formerly Known As) The Painted Man. That sucker, while about to be sent to the publisher in its final form, will not grace bookshelves until somewhere in the vicinity of March 2009.
No, I’m talking about issue #1 of Division 18, the Union of Novelty Costume Performers (www.division18.com), in stores now!
Co-created by […]

Mobile Test From the Road

Musings, World Traveler| No Comments »

I wrote and posted this entry from the car, speeding down I-87.
Ain’t technology grand?

World Fantasy

Events, World Traveler| 1 Comment »

Oooh. My first official blog entry since the new site is up. How exciting! Of course, it will be ridiculously short, because I am leaving in an hour for the World Fantasy Convention and still haven’t showered or finished packing. Luckily, we have a ton of leftover Halloween candy for the drive up to Saratoga […]