revision addiction

June 4, 2015 by Filigree 2 comments

Happiness, part whatever

For now, revisions are done (again) on the fantasy novel Singer in Rhunshan, at least until my agent and possibly some editors wade in. This is what the manuscript looked like last September: This is what it looks like now: gone from 54K to 91K, plus sequel and series synopses. As I was in the final…

December 31, 2014 by Filigree

when a short story won’t let me toss it

I have a bad habit of starting stories that I’m not skilled enough to tell. I lose my temper at them, shelve them – and then fail to forget them, like a normal writer should. You know, those writers with hundreds of short stories in their backlist? Not me. I feel like I don’t want…