Lacking the energy for new content right now, I give you Freebies!

I have a lot to say, actually, but it's going to take some writing and editing and beta-ing before I'm ready to post it (short version: "Humanity. We make me tired.")

So instead, I'm going to give you something hopefully far more fun. Remember all the cat-herding and project management I was griping about earlier? The first results are in, ready for your (hopeful) enjoyment...

OPENING ACTS
Twenty-five First Chapters from Twenty-five Writers

This is a FREE digital sampler comprising 25 first chapters, each from a different author. You can download the sampler in epub, mobi and LRF format via the above link (also: check out the cover, which ROCKS).

Clarion write-a-thon update, day 27, 28 & 29 / G&T update

Forward motion on Gen & Tonic Investigations #1: 10,173 / 70,000

Still no contract. I Have Faith. She's demanding a lawyer.


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Title: "Strong Earth"
Starting point: 1,100 words of outline
Goal: 20,000 words of story
new words: 2,024 over three days, and a lot of staring at the story & swearing. Yes, trying to figure out what's broken DOES count as writing.
Total words: 18,434
Research: none

Excerpt:

She shook her head, and lifted a hand to scrape the strands of hair that clung damply to the nape of her neck. It was too close in the shed, too close and warm. “Why must things be so complicated?”


Betrayed Confidences: one
Revelations: it's not all about the magic.
Things magical: secrets and not-lies