Hi everyone, Mod R here. Barnes & Noble is running their Members-only pre-order sale, starting today, January 24, through to January 26. This is a fabulous opportunity to pre-order Nevada’s trilogy in the new Hidden Legacy covers! Here are the links for Burn for Me, White Hot and Wildfire, which will be rereleased by Avon
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Arctic Blast, Cats and Bread
It is cold. We woke up to 19F. For Celsius folks, we’re at -7. It was even colder last night. The wind outside is making winter storm noises. It’s a kind of low growling as it whistles past the oaks. Whenever these numbers come out, there is always a lovely Canadian person who is like
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Writer Life: Things That Help
Yesterday Kid 2 called me, visibly exhausted. She is finishing up her second manuscript. We trunked the first one because while it was good, you can only debut once, and this new one is much more her. I’d sent her Maggie and she really loved the way it’s formatted. In case you’re wondering, this is
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Tenses, Distance, and Persons
I don’t understand all the tenses… No worries, let’s clear this up. POV, point of view, is the perspective from which the story is told to us. It is characterized by three things: person, distance, and tense. Person POV can be first person, second person, or third person. First person First person uses pronoun I.
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Rambling Monday: Maps, Names, and Weed Eaters
The edit of Maggie has landed in my Inbox, which means today will be all editing, all the time. What you see above is a work in progress on the map of the city. Becka is ridiculously talented and she has put up with all my insane edits. We are trying to figure out a
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Maggie Bear
Maggie is finished. It went to Mod R for editing, and the beta team has been assembled. We have the copyeditor lined up and the proofreader has a spot open in her schedule. Barring weird happenings, the novel should be ready to go on submission in January. It clocked at 127,000 words. It was a
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On Descriptions, Misunderstanding of
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jonkers Rare Books (@jonkersrarebooks) It is an acknowledged fact that while Tolkien was a genius, and very detailed when it came to landscapes, however, his character descriptions are rather vague. Legolas: “He was tall as a young tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a
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Stews, breads, and pastries
Mod R: They want recipes for everything. Me: O_o. Beer Stew The key to beer stew is, well, beer. I found that Mexican lagers and Belgian ales tend to work well. I made my last batch with Corona Extra. Don’t put IPA into this. It’s way too bitter, and the stew will be inedible. Just
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On Crafty Things: Catching Up
Did you ever make the fall wreath? To recap: I didn’t do a lot of decorating this year for the fall because we are so swamped with work, but Gordon wanted a pretty fall wreath for the door, so I went to Michael’s, got some supplies, and made one. Since this wreath is 50% of
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Freebie on Friday
We are going to have a free short story for you on Friday, as an early Halloween present. It’s not connected to any of our existing worlds, and it’s a bit old, but it is suitably scary. We have gotten so many comments concerned about the results of the dress dying. How ever will Maggie
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Monsters, Characters, and Voices
I got very little sleep last night. The saga of Sookie continues, so please excuse me if I sound less coherent than usual. Also the novel has crossed 100K and when I mentioned this fact to Mod R, instead of being supportive and saying things like, “It will end eventually,” she basically said, “All the
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On Serials, Covers, and Other Publishing Questions
Happy Monday! We’ve gone the whole weekend without a scorpion sighting, so I have high hopes. Mod R has been collecting your questions, so today we will tackle the first batch. Are you still thinking about releasing part of Maggie as a blog serial? Will you be able to traditionally publish if you do that?
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