Three Cups Later

oh hey

sdshaver — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:03:59 +0000

I sold a story back in January? February? Well, anyway. I sold another Lelia story. It’s called “Otherwise Engaged”. Much less Wil in this one. But that’s okay, because I’m pretty sure if there is another Valdemar anthology that the next one will be mostly him. (He’s like that.)

I also moved. To Southern California. Which as some of you know is where I lived before St. Louis. So yeah.

Aaaaand speaking of moving, I have a new job, which had a writing contest, so I wrote a vignette for work. Depending on what happens to it I’ll either post it here or keep it a secret. Forever! Ha ha!

I have ideas kicking around, and I need to write one of them. The hard part is picking one. But the sooner the better, or Athena’s going to pop out of my skull and won’t that be messy.

suddenly!

sdshaver — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:46:48 +0000

More writing. I’d say about 800 words worth. So there.

quickie

sdshaver — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:15:21 +0000

We’re getting the basement fixed, which means I had to go through boxes of books that I realized I will never read again and add them to an ever-growing Goodwill pile.

Mike snagged a couple s-f titles I had on hand, because he is that flavor of geek. I am keeping mostly things I consider truly excellent and re-readable, or of a strong sentimental value (the ones signed by friends and colleagues who have since passed on are of particular worth to me). I am letting go of a lot, though — in some cases books I have had since high school.

All this made me want to write, so I did. I may do it again tomorrow. Who knows! Life is funny that way, especially right now.

slight overkill

sdshaver — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:39:53 +0000

I’m teaching myself Microsoft Project (because I’m nuts, that’s why), and I’m contemplating building a project plan for a novel.

Of course, I’m an idiot if I think building a plan is a guarantee of finishing anything. It’s just another trap to fall into if you aren’t careful. Mainly, I want to do it to teach myself a tool, and because it’s more fun than the example the book I’m learning from is using.

Also, I’ve been mulling this over for the last few weeks. Good article. Salient points. Need time to digest.

into chapter four

sdshaver — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:00:55 +0000

Synopsis-wise, that is. Something interesting. I am amused. And also about to pass out. Them sleepy thingies they make me take sure do work fastzzzzz….

motif of the borderlands

sdshaver — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:34:56 +0000

A motif has emerged in this early synopsis, which is always nice. I accredit it to borderland creativity — the stray thoughts that wander through my head right before sleep. 90% of borderland creativity is crap, but every now and then something emerges and sticks.

The Guy attempts something other than a smirk for his Writer. It is a brave, but utterly doomed, venture.

In technology news, I have found that the laptop is good for synopsisisissing. For actual writing I still think I prefer the desk, the chair, and the soothing music of the iSpheres. But when all I’m doing is throwing ideas at the canvas and watching to see what trails they leave behind as they slide down (or out of sheer stubbornness and defiance of reality, up), the couch and the soothing mumble of the TV and the 15.4″ screen isn’t so bad.

Oh, and I submitted my bio for the forthcoming anthology. This will be the first mention of The Guy in a bio. He is thrilled in his own smirking way.

not gonna say it

sdshaver — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:50:33 +0000

Is it possible I have found a good opening line?

It’s possible.

But these things are mutable.

And I’m still synopsisisising.

outlining

sdshaver — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 05:42:36 +0000

Well, synopsis…is…ing….

Which comes before the outlining.

Ummmm. Yeah. I’m toying with a lot of ideas, but know I ultimately need to fix on a few pillars to address. Pretty sure what at least one of those is. Just not saying it.

My, what a helpful post!

So, writing? Yes. Just can’t say what until I have an outline.

New Site, New Design

sdshaver — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 05:55:04 +0000

Well, I did it. I installed Wordpress and tweaked the hell out of the default template. It works in IE and Firefox. If you aren’t running those and it looks like ass, I apologize, but oh well.

Other blog will be going down shortly and redirecting here.

I should note that I have been writing, but because I’ve been waiting on updating this thing, I haven’t been writing about writing. Irony!

Aaaand it’s way past my bedtime.

brain pimple

sdshaver — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:56:57 +0000

::pokes brain::

::ideas squirt out::

….ewwwwww.

Still working out ideas. I’m giving each story its time. Outlines starting in a week or so, due to hijinks with birthdays and V-Day and so on.