By Ilona on February 25, 2010
The galleys arrived.
Yes, I am taunting you with galleys. Why do you ask?
We probably won’t get a lot of ARCs (advanced reader copies of the book). So I am toying with the idea of perhaps making a copy of this mess and giving it away. Two things stop me.
1) It’s loose leaf and hard to [...]
Posted in Writing | Tagged MAGIC BLEEDS
By Ilona on February 24, 2010
One of the challenges of writing for publication is abandoning the luxury of writing for fun. I have this super awesome psychic idea. I can’t work on it. My head is full of Kate 5, but I can’t work on that either. I have edits on BAYOU MOON but I can’t work on that either [...]
Posted in Snippet, Writing | Tagged Kate 5
By Ilona on February 22, 2010
C. writes:
Can I just send you my money now and get the book as you write it? I’m dying here and May is too far away.
Yes. That will be one million dollars. Thank you.
Posted in Writing
By Ilona on February 21, 2010
We’re moving 5th of March. Stuff leaves the house on the 2nd and can take up to ten days to get across country. That means from 1st to 12th we may not have computer access.
Galleys for MAGIC BLEEDS ETA 2nd of March. (Will probably have to do them on the plane, since [...]
Posted in Writing
By Ilona on February 19, 2010
K. asks
When do you know you’ve become a successful writer? When you have a lot of fans or money?
I think definition for every writer is different. Let’s take a poor doctor in Bosnia. He saves lives every day. He’s wildly successful, even if he makes no money and receives no recognition for his work. On [...]
Posted in Writing
By Ilona on February 18, 2010
Call the airline regarding cats and dogs
Still waiting on the estimates for cats and dogs.
Call the airline regarding our tickets
Call landscape guys to see how much they would charge for breaking down the above ground pool, hauling the remains off, and putting sod down.
Call landlord in Salem, tell them we are so sorry, but we [...]
Posted in Family, Snippet, Writing | Tagged Kate 5