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Dragon*Con!
I know I’m behind on podcasts, but I’ve spent all this week trying to get ready for DragonCon and finish up my edits for Heaven – which I did! The edited manuscript is on its way to my agent, and I’m wrapping up packing for DragonCon. I will edit some audio in the car on the way, so hopefully you’ll have something while I’m at the show.
My DragonCon schedule:
Title: The Life And Times Of Podcast Novels
Time: Fri 02:30 pm Location: 204 – Hilton (Length: 1)
Description: How the podcast novel has evolved over the past five years, and the continued benefits of podcasting to promote your writing.
Title: Podcasting Tips for Working Writers
Time: Sat 02:30 pm Location: 204 – Hilton (Length: 1)
Description: A discussion with authors and podcasters who have turned the art of the podcast novel, into a formula for publishing success
Title: The 2009 Parsec Awards
Time: Sat 07:00 pm Location: Regency V – Hyatt (Length: 2.5)
Description: The Parsec Award is given for excellence Sci-Fi & Fantasy Original Content, and Speculative Fiction within the new frontiers of Portable Media.
Title: I Should Be Writing with Mur Lafferty
Time: Sun 04:00 pm Location: 204 – Hilton (Length: 1)
Moderator / MC for panel
Description: Join the award winning author and podcaster, Mur Lafferty and special guests.
Hope to see you there!
Links and stuff. Pants. You know.
Pants report- not much pants on the weekend, spent time in sweatpants doing yardwork or being lazy with the family. It’s a weekend. I did pants up to go to a party, though. But today, I got up early to finish a freelance project, then worked out, then PANTS before noon.
Writing report- around 4000 words on a freelance project over the weekend and today.
Links links links! I’m too freaked with deadlines to make a big blog post, but these people have a lot to talk about:
- Good writing skills are taught. People forget this, which is why you have very intelligent PhDs with the inability to string words together in a paper or use a comma.
- Excellent basic novel writing breakdown. I will be bookmarking this. So should you.
- Much, MUCH more detailed info about novel writing.
- Start thinking about your first line.
- Lastly, query advice: More story, less you.
So much more to blog about, but I’m doing work today in little chunks. Soon, grasshoppers. Soon.
Writing prompt for July 13: A married couple of chefs who cook instead of argue.
ISBW #90 – Picking Up Where We Left Off
Now, I recorded this last week. If you’ve been paying attention, you know I have an announcement. I will be making the announcement via the podcast very shortly.
- Promo: Mur and PG Holyfield speak at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh this Saturday, May 17.
- I discuss how I’m getting back into the novel I put aside.
- Promo: Manic Mondays
- My equipment info
