lisahartjes.com

Nearly End of Summer Update

Lisa — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:40:04 +0000

Time can just slip away from you and before you know it, the whole summer has past and you haven’t done nearly as many things as you’d hoped to. The kids will be going back to school shortly so I’ll be able to get back to my normal routine. I have to say I’m looking forward to both of those things.

One thing I did manage to do is put together the vegetable garden I’d promised the kids. It’s not as lavish as they would have liked, but it’s doing what we hoped it would. Today we had our first harvest, and you can read about it in my Chef Lisa blog.

After Labor Day, I’ll be working hard at a bunch of stuff, not the least is which The Morgan Affair, which has languished, though not collecting any kind of dust. I’ve gotten a bunch of ideas, including the basic plots of two sequels for it. Whether or not those will get written are a different story, but at least I’ve made a start.

Testing the new phones.

Lisa — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:56:32 +0000

I’ve joined the 21st and got a smartphone. Itks an Android phone, with apps for posting to WordPress blogs. What fun!

Testing the new phone.

Lisa — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:49:14 +0000

My hubby and I decided to join the 21st century and get smartphones.? We got Android phones, and there’s an app for posting to WordPress blogs.? This is the test of it.

Views on Worldbuilding

Lisa — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:40:56 +0000

I scuttle around the web, looking for articles about worldbuilding. Most of the ones I find are simply a blog writer’s opinions of the worldbuilding in a novel or story. Once in a while, however, I find a gem or two.

Speculative Horizons has an article (blog entry, actually) about making and breaking worlds. It’s not a how-to article, but an examination of how different authors have done worldbuilding in their work. It makes for an excellent read.

I think the most important thing we can take from this article is: “And perhaps most importantly, reveals their world without interrupting the story.”

Word of the Day

Lisa — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:30:21 +0000

I subscribe to dictionary.com’s Word of the Day mailing list. Here’s today’s word – I thought I should share it.

philogyny \fi-LOJ-uh-nee\, noun:

Love of or liking for women (opposite of misogyny.)

Tweets for 2010-07-15

Lisa — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:59:00 +0000

Vote for the Detroit Tiger's Pepsi Refresh Project! http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/sponsors/pepsi/refresh/y2010/?team=det #

Fare Thee Well

Lisa — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:29:56 +0000

I just found a really neat short story by Cathy Clamp, called Fare Thee Well. Check it out!

Tweets for 2010-07-13

Lisa — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:59:00 +0000

Enjoy the Coffeehouse Mysteries? Try winning an autographed copy Roast Mortem, at Lori's Reading Corner! http://is.gd/dqALW #

Win a copy of Roast Mortem by Cleo Coyle

Lisa — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:04:18 +0000

The Coffeehouse Mystery series is one that I really enjoy. Lori’s Reading Corner is having a giveaway for an autographed copy of Roast Mortem, the newest book in the series. I recommend checking the series out, even if you don’t win the book.

Tweets for 2010-06-09

Lisa — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:59:00 +0000

I wonder if I can write 2,627 words today. #
@chartjes That is an interesting article. Thanks for the link. in reply to chartjes #

Tweets for 2010-06-09

Lisa — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:59:00 +0000

I wonder if I can write 2,627 words today. #
@chartjes That is an interesting article. Thanks for the link. in reply to chartjes #

Tweets for 2010-06-04

Lisa — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:59:00 +0000

The Kandris Seal: Design Diary: The Keepers' Hometown http://www.thekandrisseal.com/design-diary-the-keepers-hometown/ #

Tweets for 2010-06-04

Lisa — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:59:00 +0000

The Kandris Seal: Design Diary: The Keepers' Hometown http://www.thekandrisseal.com/design-diary-the-keepers-hometown/ #

Tweets for 2010-06-02

Lisa — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:59:00 +0000

Steam, Savants and the Kandris Seal is now available in pdf format. http://is.gd/czyKg SStKS will be available in print soon! #
The Kandris Seal: Kandris Seal bundles now available. http://www.thekandrisseal.com/kandris-seal-bundles-now-available/ #
Working on the Navant, one of the nations in Fantasy Kandris Seal. #kandrisseal #

Tweets for 2010-06-02

Lisa — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:59:00 +0000

Steam, Savants and the Kandris Seal is now available in pdf format. http://is.gd/czyKg SStKS will be available in print soon! #
The Kandris Seal: Kandris Seal bundles now available. http://www.thekandrisseal.com/kandris-seal-bundles-now-available/ #
Working on the Navant, one of the nations in Fantasy Kandris Seal. #kandrisseal #

Steam, Savants and the Kandris Seal now available.

Lisa — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:53:31 +0000

At long last, the book Steam, Savants and the Kandris Seal has been published. I didn’t write it, but I did just about everything else for it. If you are interested in checking it out, click here to go to the site where it’s being sold.

Testing a new technology

Lisa — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:48:19 +0000

I’m trying to find new ways to make this blog useful, so I thought I’d see if I could get a Google Wave to embed here.

Tweets for 2009-11-09

Lisa — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:59:00 +0000

Have I written? No. Have I eaten lunch? Yes – 2 c stir fry veggies, handful of walnuts, left over spicy stir fried pork. #

Tweets for 2009-11-05

Lisa — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:59:00 +0000

Enjoying a nice hot coffee with sugar free gingerbread syrup. Yum! #

Ready at last?

Lisa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:06:22 +0000

I’ve finally finished up entering all my scene cards for TMA and getting them in order. I’ve assigned them to chapters, and printed up the Book Summary (I’m using the program StorYBook, a free and open source program for novel writing. The program doesn’t have every feature I’m looking for, but it has most of them and that’s good enough for me.

Anyway, the summary is 13 pages. It’s a bit misleading, as there’s stuff in it like locations and character’s present for each scene. Many of the scenes have little more than a sentence or two to tell me what’s supposed to happen in them. Once I’ve finished with the complete first draft (and after NaNoWriMo), I’m going to go back and put in more text for the scene summaries. That way I can use the book summary for a synopsis when it comes time to submit the thing. Good idea, don’t you think?

But not this weekend. Between housework and my hemming the kids’ pants, I’m not going to have much free time.