Ok, seriously, ya’ll — I need a recording device of some kind in the shower, because I’m tired of walking around the house sounding like a lunatic. Without fail, the best stuff comes to me when I’m in the shower. I think I end up losing at least half of it, if not more — by the time I get
Read moreI intended to take a break this past weekend. Take at least one day to relax, play some games, give my brain a rest. Instead, I spent most of it working; so much for bad intentions. After spending part of the weekend flipping through the entire book for the umpteen-millionth time looking for problems, my brain was completely fried. Make
Read moreUpdate: The proofs were found in Illinois, forty-three hours after they disappeared in New Jersey. I imagine they have massive hangovers and a bad attitude. They were found twenty hours ago, though, and I haven’t heard a word since, so I’m a little afraid that they’ve escaped again. ICYMI: J.K. Rowling mentions leaving her writing room, someone calls her pretentious
Read moreNineteen days out, and we hit our first major snag. The proofs should have arrived yesterday, and by now, I should have had any final tweaks finished and ready to go. UPS, however, seems to have lost them entirely. They were last seen wandering around New Jersey at 2:30 AM on Thursday, and they haven’t been seen or heard from
Read moreHere’s something you probably don’t know: when I first thought about pulling the book out of the trunk, dusting it off, shining it up, and publishing it, I had a very specific plan in mind. A detailed, covers-all-the-bases, suitably intricate plan. This is that plan: Publish it as a Kindle book. There is no step 2. I wanted to just
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Heather Masterson 