Monthly Archives: January 2009

Progress Report, in which universal love once again proves elusive

Finished reading the Codex Novel Contest excerpts, then went back to my delayed read-through of Petra Released. Some feedback on my own excerpt is filtering back in.  Turns out it’s . . . well, less than universally loved.  I knew on … Continue reading

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Everyone out there in LJ land already knows that the nomination period for the 2009 Hugo Awards is now open.  So this is the part where I humbly proffer "The Frankenstein Diaries," which appeared in issues 8 and 9 of Intergalactic … Continue reading

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Progress Report, in which I share what I’ve learned

When not conducting my year-end evaluation, I spent most of last week reading novel excerpts for the Codex Novel Contest.  It was instructive, actually.  All those opening chapters and synopses got me thinking about the things I could do better with … Continue reading

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