Every day I get up and tell myself I'm too tired to walk, I hurt too much, I'll stay home today. And pretty much every morning I go on out and walk. I'm always happy I did, especially when the world outside is as beautiful as it was today.
So now it's another day of writing and chores and reading. Life is good. #Today
I research only when I know I need to, often for settings that are out of the ordinary. My current WIP is set during a large market and fair, so I researched when such markets happened in medieval York, where in the city they were held, and what they were like.
As for planning, I write mysteries, so I start with the crime, the perpetrator, and the other suspects and write the mystery from there.
I just left a phone message with my Democratic Senator, urging him to stand behind Kamala Harris for president and to oppose any effort to choose a different candidate. Please, Dem folks, do the same.
All my friends here who write SFF, you know about the Speculative Literature Foundation grants, don't you? Right now, they are accepting proposals for "diverse writers" and "diverse worlds" grants of $500 each, but there are also grants for older writers and working class writers, and a travel grant.
Writer's block today is literal. There is a cat standing in front of the computer monitor, blocking me from seeing what I am doing. Her body is blocking the keyboard. If I move her, she returns in a few minutes. If I put her out of the room, she cries at the door. Sigh. #WritingProblems
My next door neighbor just drove up with his car full of shopping bags from the mall. It's really true that men don't shop until the last minute, isn't it? #Today
To get the 70% rate you must only sell your books on Amazon. If you list them for sale somewhere else, the rate is 35%. My royalty rate has not changed, and I wonder if the authors who have seen changes are selling their books on another site (or Amazon thinks they are).
Retired professor of Medieval Literature; author of The Homiletic Writings of Archbishop Wulfstan (Boydell & Brewer), The Medieval Dragon (Hisarlik), editor of Old English Literature in its Manuscript Context (U of West Virginia P), author of the Matthew Cordwainer and Gavin Rownt medieval mysteries.