Um. Oops?
My creepy government conspiracy Script Frenzy script is coming out humor. Maybe it’ll get creepy later. Maybe it’s meant to be funny. If not, oops. It’s also going slowly, which is bad, because I’m supposed to write 20,000 words in June. And I...The Reading
The Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading went well. I read seven minutes of “The Last Wasicu.” I expected to be more nervous, but it was oddly non-terrifying. I guess all the high school drama club paid off. I’m writing this at Jay Lake’s party,...Kitty Fight Club
The first rule about kitty fight club? Is you don’t talk about kitty fight club!A farewell to pantsing?
If I look back over the stories I think have been the most successful and easiest to write, they have something in common. A sense of structure. Even before I wrote the first word I had some idea of the story’s structure. It’s a lot easier to write that...Kitty Legal
Because Brian double-triple-dog-cat dared me. EXT.BALCONY – EVENING DENNYCAT and ALANCAT are sitting on the balcony sniffing catnip and eating tuna. AlanCat is also washing, with a smug air. DENNYCAT That was a great trial. We kicked their mangy asses! ALANCAT...Linky Goodness
I have bronchitis and have for two weeks, so in lieu of actual content, you get linky goodness. Max Adams is reading for the Nicholl again. She has advice from the trenches that should be obvious (but obviously isn’t) on brads, humor, and action. Also, Script...I haven’t been plotting enough.
What with all the NaNoEdMo and hurricane story revisions, I must not be doing enough plotting. I’m having really narrative dreams again. Tonight’s was a murder trial, the witness in danger from a serial killer, the people trying to save her life, and...International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day!
In honor of Jo Walton’s International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, I give you Corporate Oversight. Enjoy! (The nifty graphic is by John Scalzi.)Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading
I’ll be doing the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading at Wiscon this year. Saturday, May 26, 4:00-5:15 p.m. People reading: Kristine Smith, Jennifer Pelland, Nancy Jane Moore, Katherine Mankiller, Lyda Morehouse, Sue Lange, Anne Harris, Rina Elson, Jennifer Dunne,...Subscribe
