tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268207342009-07-06T21:02:48.483-06:00The Indulgence of Author Ian Thomas HealyIanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14497045412007902460ian@ianthealy.comBlogger717125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26820734.post-17616459614547930002009-07-06T20:44:00.002-06:002009-07-06T21:02:48.495-06:00

Smoothie Song - Nickel CreekNormally I use a lyric to title posts, but this is a lovely bluegrass instrumental that puts me in a happy mood. And it's a good time to be happy, because I went over 50,000 words in tonight. If this was November, I'd be crowing about hitting the mark for a 6th year running, but it's July and this is my untimed summer novel. It might have been another Centum Dies

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Feed The Tree - BellyTor Books.Baen Books.Wish me luck. My agent has submitted Deep Six (and, ergo, the entire Just Cause Universe series) to editors at both publishers. If I'm extremely fortunate, both publishers will make an offer, which means that we go to an auction and they bid for the rights. I'd be ecstatic if just one of them takes it. Honestly, so long as my work winds up on

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Entre Nous - Rush I'm down a phone again. My second warranty replacement Blackberry failed after I had it just over a week. That makes three bad phones in six months. I'd be pissed if I had time, but I'm so busy writing Blackout that I just keep right on trucking. To that end, I figured I'd share some excerpts from the third chapter with you. Enjoy! The elevator bell dinged and the doors

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Mona Lisa - SealThanks to Rachel for this tip. John Scalzi (a far more successful writer than I) has an excellent blog post here about why most new novelists are thirtysomethings like me instead of twentysomethings like in most other artistic fields. Go read it now, and then come back soon for more of my irregularly-scheduled blogging (and, quite possibly, more excerpts from Blackout (still

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Sugarfoot - Black Joe Lewis & The HoneybearsIn case you haven't figured it out by now, the titles of my blog posts are ripped from the lyrics of the songs I post. Why? I dunno ...Three of you (which, near as I can figure, represents approximately 60% of my current readership) asked me questions, so here are my answers to Ask a Writer:Julie asks:So I'm interested in know how you feel about

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Tank! Live* - The SeatbeltsIt's been awhile since I've done one of these, but since I'm feeling a lot more like a writer these days (on account of I'm writing daily and really cranking out the word mileage on Blackout), I'm ready to take your questions. So once again, it's time to Ask a Writer. If you have questions you'd like me to answer for you, related to my work, the craft in general, or

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Deep Shag - Luscious JacksonWhat's this?! Two blog posts from me in one week? Go ahead, you can reel if you want to.I just went over 100 pages and 27k words in Blackout, and thought I'd drop a few more teaser sections, this time from Chapter 2. This first scene introduces Lionheart, the leader of Just Cause:In spite of regulations, the team was able to finagle a few training amenities on-site,

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Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin...but a few of those people who DO know are some of my fellow blogging authors, and I want to share links for them with you so you can read those who are at times far more prolific bloggers than I am.-Allie's blog is tied into her editing business, which I can't recommend enough. Stop by and say hi to her at Allison Edits.-If you only pick one blog from this

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The Complex (Live Album Version) - Blue Man GroupJust a quick post to let you know I'm still around. I'm through 5 chapters of Blackout now, and I'm really enjoying working on this book. I anticipate completing the first draft by the end of the summer at the latest. At that point, I'll switch to doing rewrites on Pariah's Moon and The Archmage and work on those until NaNoWriMo.My idea for

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Got To Give It Up - Marvin GayeI just want to share a few lines from Blackout with you that I kind of like, from four different sections of the first chapter, each featuring one of the four main characters. Blackout is set during July 13-14, 1977, in New York City.============================================“--Ten minutes after eight and seventy-four degrees here at the WABC studios. Harry

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Blue On Black - Kenny Wayne ShepherdSo, yeah, I have an agent now.Perhaps this is as good a time as any to recap how I got here, because it's kind of an interesting story (and I promised Sam I'd write it down).Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for 2003. I was working as a temp in an insurance company that shall remain nameless. I was writing what I consider my first "modern" novel. I actually

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Opportunities (Lets Make Lots Of Money) - Pet Shop BoysThe last day of the conference pretty much passed in a blur. I had Sunday morning breakfast with Anne Crispin and Laura Resnick, then moderated a workshop on spotting scam agents and publishers with Anne Crispin. I went on to another workshop with her on submitting science fiction and fantasy in today's market. It was interesting, but not

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A-Punk - Vampire WeekendPPWC Day 2I awoke Saturday morning with my first coherent thought being "It can't possibly be time to get up yet" followed by "Oh shit, I'm pitching in three hours!"I took care of routine maintenance and headed down for a typical Marriott continental breakfast of coffee, pastries, fruit, coffee, rather suspicious hard-boiled eggs, and coffee. Did I say coffee more than

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Bela Lugosi Is Dead - BauhausRoll up the streets, close down the hotel. The Pikes Peak Writers Conference is over, and I have Left The Building.The conference this year was my fourth, and in many ways was my favorite. If you've been following this blog for any length of time, you know that I had some extremely good news going into the conference on the agent front. The good karma seemed to be

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Right Here Right Now - Jesus JonesEarlier this week I received an offer of representation by an agent.Gosh, it feels nice to say that after all these years. I'm not going to give out a lot of details just yet because I haven't accepted and here's why:I'm meeting Agent 1 at the conference for lunch on Friday where I will ask some poignant questions and see what she has to say. I will not make a

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Anybody Listening? - QueensrycheSam over at Wuthering Life borrowed a blog idea from someone else, and since I don't seem to have much to say here these days, I thought I'd borrow it as well. I will ruminate on the following:"If you could bring to life a character from one of your stories and hang out with him or her for a day, which one would it be? Why? What advice would you give them? (Include

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Here I Am - Lyle LovettFriday, May 1st is the 3rd anniversary of my webcomic, The Adventures of the S-Team. If you read it (four panels, once a day, every weekday - hardly a huge time investment on your part), I thank you. If you don't, then perhaps you should check it out and inject a little humor into your otherwise drab and wretched lives.I'm hoping to get some fan art or photos of MOCs (My

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Mustang Sally - Buddy GuyWell, you knew I couldn't stay away. I'm writing again. Astute blog readers (the five of you who are left) may have noticed the disappearance of the Centum Dies Libri countdown in the upper left corner of the blog. That's because I shelved Canyonlands, possibly forever. I realized that not only did I not love the story, I didn't even really like it. And so I parked yet

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Shining Star - Earth, Wind & FireShe doesn't know I'm doing this, but I want to take a minute to pimp my dear friend Allie's new editing business. I've worked with Allie now for most of the past year. She's given my second drafts exceptional attention in editing and revisions, and I firmly believe that her efforts will be instrumental in me reaching the next stage of publishing. I know a lot of

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Lets Do It (Tank Girl) - Joan Jett & Paul Westerberg Well, here it is, my 700th blog post. Sorry it's taken so long. I've just had nothing really jump out at me that said "hey, you should write about THIS for your 700th post!" In lieu of posting anything substantive, instead I'd like to share a story with you all. Unfortunately due to certain restrictions on what constitutes "published," I

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Ceiling Unlimited - RushI finished The Archmage tonight. After shelving it at 95% done more than three years ago, it is no longer hanging over me like a 26-ton weight. It's a sequel, so I'm not going to put in much more effort on it until I sell someone on the Just Cause series. Up next, I've decided to write Canyonlands on my own and King For A Day with my dear friend Allie. Since she is my

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All Along The Watchtower - Jimi HendrixI'm not going to post a review of it, because better film reviewers than me have already done so, but I went to see Watchmen today, and I highly recommend it.That is all.

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Ill Go Crazy If I Dont Go Crazy Tonight - U2Maleesha has interviewed me! If you'd like me to interview you, let me know in the comments and then I'll email you five questions (if I don't have your email, make sure you email me). Then make sure you let me know when you post your interview.1. You have amazing follow through in your endeavors. Prolific at writing, comics, and blogging, we all

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Tears In Heaven - Eric ClaptonIt occurred to me yesterday why I'm having such a tough time finishing The Archmage, and that's because I really didn't know what to work on next. From a writer's heart standpoint, I want to write another Just Cause book. Or a sequel to Troubleshooters. Or a sequel to Pariah's Moon. However, the sad truth of the industry is that it's foolish to keep writing sequels

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Show Me Your Soul - Red Hot Chili PeppersIn a strange kind of parallel timing between different aspects of my life, I received a pleasant surprise in my email this morning. An agent requested the full manuscript of Troubleshooters.Also, on the recommendation of a friend, I did some finger painting. Well, sort of. It was finger painting on my laptop pad. That's how I roll.Edited to add: The agent

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