I hate cutting out cool characters who it turns out you just don’t need for the book. One of my walk on characters from GW got a fairly lengthy scene in BD in a chapter that, well, doesn’t really need her so much anymore (she doesn’t show up later in the book, so doing a […]
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I seemed to have some confusion about whether or not Nyx’s kid clerk was a Ras Tiegan refugee, a half breed orphan, or a full blooded Nasheenian from the coast whose mother was a career breeder. All of these conflicting historical details appeared within the same 12-page spread.
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I’ve been contemplating what project to take up after I finish Babylon, mainly because it’s never too early to start doing book research and working out plot points. Basically, I can work on the 5-book fantasy saga about genocide, polyamorous matriarchy, and the end of the world, or I can write the standalone book about
So, as many of you know, we have a health and wellness program here at the day job. It includes two hour and a half long training sessions a week, diet and nutrition advice (should you choose to solicit it), quarterly fitness assessments, and monthly fitness challenges. It’s all voluntary, of course, and one’s participation
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In order to help me with some of my lazy city and dwelling descriptions in the fictional country of Tirhan (capital, Shirhazi), I’ve been browsing photos of the real (city of) Teheran today, and this is all I have to say about that: I’d do just about anything to live in Teheran for a year.
Man, somebody needs to send me some money. I have a sudden urge to buy mad numbers of books. I knew I shouldn’t have opened my wishlist.
25 minutes running, followed by 15 minutes swimming last night. After my eye appointment. Which meant I didn’t get home until 8:30pm. Ate some pre-made dinner that I made Sunday, logged into WoW for some weird reason for an hour. Spent two hours alternating ears on my heating pad (I’m going to need to get
When you google an author you like, what are you looking for? I mean, sure, I’d like to know other books that they’ve written, so I can buy more. But mainly, these days: I’m looking for dirt. Oh, sure, if I’m in love with their world, it’s nice to have maps and characters and forums