March 2012
10 posts
notmindingthebuzzcocks asked: I have always loved you. Then, I saw you use a Sherlock gif. Now I just want to hug you.
itsapear asked: I've been writing for a few years, but had never gotten past a few thousand words. I remember seeing your post about writing BLACK HEART and recording each day. Looking at it, I got inspired to keep going with my own and I would just do about 500 at least a day like you, looking at that post all the time to reboot. Now I am finished with the first draft at 65K. Rewriting and making it pretty...
How I wrote DOLL BONES
I was planning on doing a word count post for BLACK HEART, forgetting that I’d already done one! So, if you’d like to look back at the “How I Wrote” post for BLACK HEART, it’s here. Oh well. Anyway, I realized that I could do a new “How I Wrote” post after all, but it would be for DOLL BONES. DOLL BONES is my new middle grade book, which should come in...
trlovejoy asked: I just bought the kindle version of White Cat based on Jeph's enthusiastic comments about the last book in the series. So the question is, is Jeph's rec helping your sales today?
alexcansmile asked: Are you doing a signing tour? If so, where are you going to be?
helloupthere asked: Oh my gosh, are you writing a novel based on your short story "The Coldest girl in Cold Town" ? That would be absolutely amazing as I loved that story :>
I am really, really, really excited for the release of BLACK HEART on April 3rd. It’s the final book of the Curse Workers series, full of twists and turns and reveals that I hope you’ll be surprised by. This series was a real departure for me and I’ve had a lot of fun writing them. I’ve just come back, two weeks ago, from my annual writing retreat to the mountains...
nitsirknamttip asked: If I want to be a writer, is it best to start small? I shouldn't set my goal on creating a novel to begin with right, or is it different for everyone?
meindquakes asked: Maybe I'm thinking of someone else, but did you write a story that included a female character who cut their throat and rubbed ash into it to show loyalty or something? My memory is not serving me well at the moment, my wording is off- but if that was you, would you kindly tell me what this was called? This rubbing-of-ash-into-a-neck-wound business, I mean.
