Tales from the Raven

A Star’s Seduction, is up at EDF.  This is one of several stories I’ve written in my world of magic and mechanics, diverse kinds of humans, underwater mer, and meru (half human, half mer), plus all of the magically enhanced and altered creatures which inhabit the world.  Enjoy!

I know, I know, I’m getting a little ahead of myself.  But the blog will probably be neglected over the next few days, so I’m getting the well wishes up now.
Here’s a few things I’m thankful for this year in particular:

We came through the real estate bubble, carrying two mortgages in what is close to an [...]

Our library was giving a bunch of books away free, so of course I grabbed a big bag and dug in.  While I’m always on the lookout for new reading material for myself or the kids, I also had an alternative motive–get books that might get me credit on paperback swap!
But amongst my gleanings was a fun [...]

So, I finished the latest wip over the weekend.  Or, at any rate, the first draft.  I’ve kept the title, A Fool and His Money, which is unusual for me.  I also kept to the original outline, which is unprecedented.  On the other hand, it was about 3,000 words longer than planned–final word count a solid [...]

In the same post which anounced his quarter finalist win at wotf, Jordan discussed his take on the pros and cons of blogging as a not-yet-professional writer.  His general take, as I understood it, was that a blog of this kind is not worth the investment, and a couple of his points were that writers should be [...]

Four nights at the school in one week, or time spent in the afternoon there until at least 5:00pm.  They may be giving us a break next week, but they’re determined to make sure we earn it!
And a pic to go with my gripe.

Maybe this was one of those one-room school houses we always hear [...]

Last night I started a new short story I’ve been wanting to get to.  It’s about a boy’s choice of a role model, and is called ‘A Fool and His Money’.  Until Thanksgiving’s over, I’m going to let myself write the shorts that have been piling up in my brain while I worked on my [...]

I hadn’t realized how much finishing the first draft of Shadow Dance took out of me.  Or getting the old house to closing.  Or…yeah.  So maybe there’s been a bit more going on.
But the truth is I’ve slept a lot the last couple days.  And since that doesn’t make for very interesting blogging (unless I record my snores and let [...]

I’ve finished the first draft of Shadow Dance!  All week it’s felt like I had to pry each and every word from the clenched jaws of my muse.  I was generally making my word count goals, but I was paying for it.  Then last night something clicked into place and I couldn’t write fast enough.
The [...]

Or, at any rate, it’s not mine anymore.  We just signed off the papers to close on the old place–we are now the proud owners of just one house.
Hooray!