Five weird facts – since Ed tagged Pete and Carrie, and Pete tagged Lori and I, here you go: 1) I was born on April Fools Day, was an “accident” and my parents were hoping for a boy, and were going to name me Michael. Not really weird, I guess, but I use it as an excuseContinue reading “5 weird things”
Author Archives: The Velvet Zebra
Melodrama, I haz it.
Writing a novel, then editing, polishing, editing some more: 3-6 months. Writing a query letter good enough to catch an agent’s eye: 2-4 weeks. Researching agents that are legitimate, accepting queries and have made sales this century: 1-4 weeks for round 1. Waiting to hear back from partials and requested pages: 6 – 18 months.Continue reading “Melodrama, I haz it.”
friday chapter comes early today
I’m going out tonight. My sister’s office is having their holiday party at the Yacht Club, and they get to bring significant others – and insignificant others, as in my case 😀 So at the end of my work day today, I’m bringing in the change of clothes sitting in my car, changing, and headin’Continue reading “friday chapter comes early today”
she blinded me, with science!
Writing Science Fiction requires a knowledge of bolognium, a word author Larry Niven invented to explain inventions SF authors come up with that don’t or can’t exist. Warp Drives and Worm Holes and Time Shifts Oh My! Your average reader is going to overlook your bolognium if, and only if, it makes perfect sense withinContinue reading “she blinded me, with science!”
Two-fer Tuesday
In order to keep you guessing, and so this won’t take until April 24th since that’s really kind of ridiculous, I’m posting Chapter 3 of: When the Stars Walk Backwards. And since I like to include a little disclaimer with each posting – to save face, as it were – again keep in mind thisContinue reading “Two-fer Tuesday”
He said, She said.
Dialog tags (or dialogue tags if you prefer, I don’t) are considered invisible – that is, if they’re not overused or abused or made to appear ridiculous. And by that I mean, we’re told the reader’s eye seemlessly flys over the term: he said. as if it weren’t even there. Dialog tags keep track of who’s speaking,Continue reading “He said, She said.”
Friday Project Chapter 2
I’ve decided not to trunicate the chapter this time – it’s when you click to Read More that you get the squished margins, thanks to this template, and I love this template too much to switch. Black is so very slimming, yanno. So here’s Chapter 2 – what I call the Emo Character (I feelContinue reading “Friday Project Chapter 2”
Quickie plug-like thing
“Serious writers doing serious writing with pens . . . Seriously” Are you a serious writer, interested in working hard to add words to your newest novel? Are you unafraid to try something new, or anxiously yearning for the days of old, before computers invaded our lives? Does the idea of hand cramps give youContinue reading “Quickie plug-like thing”
O Catscratch tree!
O Catscratch Tree O Catscratch Tree How shredded are thy branches! O Catscratch Tree O Catscratch Tree How shredded are thy branches! You’re dragged around my house all day Pine pitch in fur won’t go away O Catscratch Tree O Catscratch Tree How shredded are thy branches! I moved out of my mother’s house afterContinue reading “O Catscratch tree!”
Oh the weather outside is
DISGUSTING! It’s not raining cats and dogs. It’s raining ELEPHANTS AND BLUE WHALES!!! Today we’re trying hard to break the records for inches, feet, maybe even yards. As I sit here at work, performing emergency storm duties, I’m hearing the only route home is flooded and closed. Joy to the World. I picked a fineContinue reading “Oh the weather outside is”
The Velvet Zebra 