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[julesjones]

This should be a back to work post. I turned in my response to the Lord and Master edits on Friday, and last night I had an email from my editor asking what I was going to work on next. And the answer right now appears to be, "I have to work on something?" Nothing appeals, even though I have several projects on the To Do list that three months ago I thought were enticing. I suspect it's a mild dose of burnout after writing some 175,000 words in the last eight months. I think what I may do today is write a short essay on Why Editors Are Good For You (an expanded version of the last post), and then hack out an outline for a novel-length version of Lucky Dip (a short story that got away from me and turned into a novelette; a novelette that looks like the first 10,000 words of a novel). And if that doesn't shake something loose, I'll see if I can turn 4000 words of Black Leather Rose into 10,000.

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[ex-emilyvei.livejournal.com]

It must be that time of year. I have renewels and 'what are you doing now' to think about as well.

Gay superheroes, or were-bunyips--or maybe something that will actual sell, instead.

[julesjones]

*And* I've just received the contract for the short in Slash and Burn. Fifteen pages of it to read...

You don't think my idea for a were-dropbear would go, then? :-)
(I'm tempted. Lord, I am so tempted...)

I presume you will sign up in the unlikely event we get asked for print rights on A Kiss at Midnight? The contract isn't due for renewal until the end of the year, but it was in the pre-print option era so we'll need to sign new contracts if there's a sudden interest in a print edition.

[ex-emilyvei.livejournal.com]

No I have a deep hatred or print, God smites those who use it.

But seriously. I'm all for it.

I think my thrid werewolf story is in the queue at palce #3. I can't decide whether to call it 'Canned Hunt' or 'Coyote love'.... it's been so long I'd have to re-read the first two before I started.

Any chance we could interest them in a weird were-animals anthology? I'd do it ;)

I also have the strange urge to write a simple non-magical/paranormal contemporary.

[julesjones]

I like the idea of weird weres, but whether we could come up with something that wasn't just an extended joke is another matter. I've already got one of those, it's called The Syndicate.:-)

I found it decidedly odd writing the novel-length version of Lord and Master. It kept feeling as if half the plot was missing. It's not, of course, but when the only world-building you're doing is trying to convey a particular *real* sub-culture to outsiders, it feels as if stuff's getting left out.