The End Looks A Lot Like The Beginning
Good news! I finished the first draft of MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY yesterday–before midnight and everything! Yay! Today I will begin cleaning it up into readable shape. My poor first readers volunteered to read the very rough first draft, so I should get feedback from them…
Middle of the Madness
I have a goal today. It’s a pretty simple goal, really: Finish The Book. I’m writing MAGIC WITHOUT MERCY, book #8 in the Allie Beckstrom series. It is due Monday the 20th, and I have not finished the draft yet. Can I finish the draft…
Random Life is Random*
*Did any of you ever read the Chronicles of Amber series by Roger Zelazny? I read them as a kid, and to this day, every time I hear the word “random” I think of Corwin’s brother. 🙂 We need to earthquake proof our house. Apparently,…
Real Friends and Fake Books
So, a couple days ago, I mentioned I was writing a fake back cover blurb for a fake book that will never be written, just for the heck of it. Several people asked me to share it, so here’s the whole story: Two of my…
Dead Iron Excerpt – Mae Lindson
Every Friday (well, this week it’s Saturday) until my steampunk novel, DEAD IRON is in bookstores (July 5th) I am going to post an excerpt of the book for your reading pleasure. Remember, you can read the first chapter of the book right here. Or…
Note: Minty Fresh
At the Powell’s Books signing a couple weeks ago, Lilith Saintcrow, Ilona Andrews, and I decided to finally make a lunch date. The Andrews have been in Oregon for about a year, and Lilith and I are both long-term Northwesterners, but none of us had…
