by CJ | Sep 4, 2010 | Journal
Pruning the apple tree, I carried the clippings to a bin, and got a close smell of them. It was apples. It was the way good apples smell compounded with the smell of new leaves. If I could have gotten that scent into a bottle, I would’ve. I now vow the yard will...
by CJ | Sep 4, 2010 | Journal
Pruning the apple tree, I carried the clippings to a bin, and got a close smell of them. It was apples. It was the way good apples smell compounded with the smell of new leaves. If I could have gotten that scent into a bottle, I would’ve. I now vow the yard will...
by CJ | Aug 31, 2010 | Journal
The line: from Algini: “—we shall track it, and we will act.” I’ll almost lay you money a copyeditor is going to come to a screeching halt and try to draw both statements into uniformity. Which will remove a layer of meaning. And which I shall have...
by CJ | Aug 21, 2010 | Journal
When that happens, re writing, it’s useful to start over. Not completely over; but to do what writers call a ‘rolling rewrite’, going back to the start the book and editing forward in rapid motion. So the page count has started over, and will follow...
by CJ | Aug 17, 2010 | Journal
We’re cooking everything we can. We have a tiny freezer and two ice-chests, so we’re putting things there. For our fridge think not of a fridge with a six-pack of beer and a half packet of weiners. Nay! A) I’m a food-hoarder when it comes to ice...
by CJ | Aug 17, 2010 | Journal
We’re cooking everything we can. We have a tiny freezer and two ice-chests, so we’re putting things there. For our fridge think not of a fridge with a six-pack of beer and a half packet of weiners. Nay! A) I’m a food-hoarder when it comes to ice...
by CJ | Jul 17, 2010 | Journal
It takes me a while to recover my stride after a diversion. Thank goodness for outlines. We were, for one thing, diverted by a spate of really cool weather, making it foolish to wait to do certain outdoor jobs which would have to be done in potential 100 degree...
by CJ | May 20, 2010 | Journal
I write and I erase the outline. We’re in a transitional scene, which is pretty well crossing maps, so there’s about as much put in as taken out, so that’s why the graph doesn’t advance appreciably. We are now into the main action of the book....
by CJ | May 20, 2010 | Journal
I write and I erase the outline. We’re in a transitional scene, which is pretty well crossing maps, so there’s about as much put in as taken out, so that’s why the graph doesn’t advance appreciably. We are now into the main action of the book....
by CJ | Apr 20, 2010 | Journal
Jane got out and ran the Mantis. I stayed in and wrote. Then we headed for the rink. I felt way much better than I have…3-turn is effortless again and I’m not having the dizziness issues. Then we got the notion how to cut those pesky bridge supports that...
by CJ | Apr 1, 2010 | Journal
Betrayer. Betsy Wollheim thought that up. It so works. No, I haven’t got a date yet, but I will mail the book in next week. You’ll note that the one after that, Intruder, now has a progress bar. —–>
by CJ | Dec 29, 2009 | Journal
Which proves the Bren book is moving nicely. I thought I’d put it on and just sit down and trim up a few details in the scene… It would have been a nice pot of stew. A total loss. Fortunately I got to it before the pot was ruined, but nothing else. I think...
