KerPOW
Is it still a paradox if I meet myself coming around a corner? (Translation: Things are really, really hopping around here. Here’s wishing you a calmer, more productive day.)
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[Brain-storming session; three people in conference call. It has just been discovered that no one, not even the lead character, has a surname on record.] EDITOR: So what about Derek? MEG: Smalls. EDITOR: What? Why? MEG: I don’t know. It just popped in there. [In the background, critique partner bursts out laughing, expelling air at an alarming rate, until left breathless and wheezing.] MEG: What? What’s funny? CRITIQUE PARTNER: (gasping) Google. Google Derek Smalls, once. [Conference call is interrupted by soft staccato of resentful typing, followed by pause for search results. All groan.]
Continue ReadingThis Week
Most people around the world know that this week is a big holiday week here in the States — lots of family gatherings and overeating and American football and that sort of thing. As a result, Twitter, the blog and Facebook might fall even more quiet than usual; if I have to decide between writing and playing online, writing will always win out. So rest assured that even if my media goes quiet for a bit, things are still cranking behind the scenes. Back to normal by Monday, I hope.
Continue ReadingBut I Can’t Trace Time
Because I wanted to make a cover artist scream, behold the yet-again-revised Book 4 cover. In a related event, somewhere in the midst of a creative control flexion, I may or may not have proposed a title change, as well. There was yelling. Title remains the same. (Though I sill think ALL THE QUEEN’S MEN would have made an awesome title)
Continue ReadingUpdates
THE NEW GIRL has been pulled from Amazon’s Kindle Bookstore for the time being. It will reappear once Smashwords and Kindle integrate, along with the rest of the Fantasy Heights series. Meanwhile, changes are underway on ALL OF HER (book 4) to smooth the path for books five and six. Cracking a finished segment can be tricky, but who could complain about losing exposition in favor of fantasy sex?
Continue ReadingMake It Go Away
This was on the radio this morning. It is now permanently tattooed inside my skull. (The hair in this video is beyond hilarious.)
Continue ReadingIt’s Not Just Today
Everyone on Meg’s team would like to thank all military veterans everywhere for their service and sacrifice. Regardless of one’s views on war or conflict, these men and women picked up a mantle so the rest of us wouldn’t have to. Give them the respect they earned every day.
Continue ReadingIt’s Like They Know
Did someone time these things to fall within the same month? 1) Skyrim release2) Undisclosed game beta invite3) Minecraft 1.9 full release4) Deadlines Heaven help my attention span.
Continue ReadingPlease Don’t Forget
For readers in the USA, please don’t forget it’s election day. Check which issues a/o offices might be at stake today, and schedule a trip to the polls.
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