cornerofmadness

I was going to post something for this but it took me until 1030 to finish (such as it is) pulling everything out of the way, cleaning the kitchen, living room etc. No one can move in here. I swear I'm going outside tomorrow morning and seeing if I can catch them and say MINE first. Kanda is upset at all the changes.

And I'm sick again. I think Mom is right. I think the spiralized and in a package veggies are making me sick. Two days, two different veggies (and a lot less olive oil) and I'm sick. Maybe it's a preservative (reason 1001 to make my own damn food).

So why am I posting if I have nothing but whining? Because of this!

I SOLD BLOOD RED ROULETTE Uh-hmmmm let me collect myself. All of your but the very newest of people know I've been trying to sell my Vegas Vampires novel (it's been with me since I was still in South Dakota so we're talking this has been around in some form or another for 25 years or more.) I dread the editing process but OMG Arrigo and Luc are going to see print!

I'm still processing that. I don't have many details yet but you can't imagine how big the smile is on my face (actually I've known all weekend but I didn't get the actual contract until tonight. I wasn't saying a word til then in fear of jinxing it).

And now the links

From around the web:
Plotting and motivation

planning to write a book

igniting the love of writing

diversity in fantasy writing (also I've read his book, it was grimdark but I appreciated that women were in positions of power with no one questioning it)

overcoming perfection paralysis

Optimizing books for sale

From Betty: using your made up language

underpowered antagonists

putting wow on the page

why we write

I don't have all the writing data but here's my yearly count

9276 / 100000 words. 9% done!