“The Highjorune Masque” is officially part of the next Valdemar anthology lineup, thank the Maker, pass the rum. I wrote 1,000 words today to/from work, mainly by writing a section I wasn’t sure I was going to write, and also by dragging in an old new character who is fun and mysterious and (okay) sexy: …
The story is sent. I’ll update with more details if it gets approved. Until then, I rather like my superstitions, which say to not talk too much about something until you’ve got a contract in hand.
Okay, the story is now less crappy than it was a week ago. And still not done. I think it’ll be done Sunday. Which then will give me a few more days to let it stew, then revise, then send off to the anthology editor. I have killed many darlings in an attempt to trim …
Somewhere during the five-odd stories I have written thus far about my little Bard, I changed the name of one of the supporting characters for no other reason than I forgot how I spelled it originally…oops. Also, having re-read all the stories (more or less), I think “Broken Bones” is my favorite. I know I …