I Write Dead People

One of the absolutely BEST things about being a writer is seeing your work come to fruition. In this case, the re-release of Matters of the Blood is now listed on Amazon.com.

Although, I prefer if folks buy at an independent bookstore, being listed here means it's real and on the "books" so to speak so that any bookseller can order it.

I'm considering this the rebirth of the book and of my infant career.

Next year, I'll be going to Malice Domestic and Balticon and I hope to make at least one other convention. In March, I'll be speaking at the Alexandria Public Library, along with 3 other Alexandria-based authors.

Life is GOOD!

Yeah - "fall back" is supposed to gain you an hour. I'm not really sure where it went, though. ::g::

The Dying to Write conference was a huge success. I attended/volunteered at 2 morning panels, then spoke at an afternoon panel.

Got to hang out with Jon Betancourt, publisher extraordinaire. John informed me that he'd love to see short stories set in my universe. Eep! That means more writing, right?

Although I've written an award-nominated short story, I'm totally not much of a short story writer. At least I don't think I am. But, I could be proven wrong. ::g::

In other news, Blood Bargain (which would be book 2 in the Matters universe) is coming along. I had a bit of an epiphany - or perhaps, just a realization - that one of the plot threads that had been a part of the overall book from day one, was just extraneous and needed to be removed. Ouch, that hurt, but actually, makes things easier. I realized that it was one of the major reasons I'd been having so much trouble. This means that I have to do a lot of rethinking, but that's what writing's all about.

I love making up things. :)