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Substance of Shadows will be read at The Witching Hour. For 25 minutes.

Yeah, baby.

Catherine

I’ve scheduled time to write this week. Actually scheduled it, and so it goes.

I’ve also recently joined an organization for women writers called Broad Universe, which looks like another way to talk about writing, and seems a good resource for learning the trade. I’m sort of pumped about it.

I hope to have an actual content update this week. That would be a first for a while.

Catherine

Well, the charity auction is over, as are my writing obligations to it. Wiscon was a revitalizing experience. I’m really ready to begin writing again, and I hope to get to that very soon.

I understand now that play is a very important part of my writing process. 🙂

Catherine

Breakfast is done and off to its owner.

Now, to get something around for Wiscon!

Catherine

Two pages of Breakfast done. Hope to have entirely finished and ready for revision by end of day, and then off to Katy.

Catherine

Sorry. The new promotion at work has proven to be somewhat overwhelming. I’ve been bitching about that elsewhere, but suffice it to say that since March, that’s where my brain’s been, in one way or another.

I will be working on a small Klarion outtake for a friend who won the Cystic Fibrosis auction I’m involved with, and then will write a Maggie/Roddy outtake for the same auction.

I am still here, I am still interested, and I still have ideas. Maybe absence is wisest to make the heart grow fonder, and instead of bitching about my writing, I will begin to appreciate whatever time and energy I have for it.

I’ll be back.

Catherine

The faerie story is done, and ready to head off to its new owner. Only two more to go.

Catherine

I’ll be auctioning off three pieces for charity for the CF foundation. If any of these interest you, feel free to bid.

1. An Errol Klarion short story written to your specifications.
2. A short story written with two of my fae characters from the Gossamer and Viridian universe.
3. A short story about Margaret MacCumal, character who most of you don’t know yet, but I hope will.

When the auction begins, I’ll let you know, but you can get more details at: http://www.livejournal.com/users/jelybeansociety/

You can also ask me questions here.

Catherine

For Substance, I’m going back to the opening about the wizard where the sand meets the sky. It will be much more detailed, and it may be told by a Klarion father to a Klarion child. I’ve been trying both of these versions out yet, and I’m not sure which one I like the most.

Wonder which one you’d like the best?

Catherine

So, I’m getting itchy, and I’ve finished with a couple of recent obsessions. I think that means it’s time to write.

WHAT I will write may surprise me. I’ve seen last month as sort of an attempt at the wrong stuff, and so I figure if my brain wants a little time to itself, it should have it. I’ve written over 1200 pages in the last 3 years, even if most of it is largely unpublishable, due to the nature of the beast. We probably did need to heal up from the outpouring of words.

I’ve also got a creative academic project going on, so I’m excited to begin that. I feel a desire to sink into myself, rather than reach out to others, although I intend to try to resume some activities that will jumpstart my creativity a bit.

Catherine