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Another site design

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Yep, another redesign. I'm trying to cut clutter further and focus harder on the text. All personal stuff is now under "You" in the top menu.

More to come. Bug reports here, as usual.

Spoilerville (updated)

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UPDATE Spoilerville is down till I figure out how not to spoil people accidentally.

There is now a section on the site called "Spoilerville." This is where discussion of the book(s ) for those who read the whole thing at once will go. Currently it contains one subforum: "Lovers and Beloveds."

DO NOT ENTER THAT FORUM UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SPOILED. srsly.

Because that forum exists, I ask you now to please keep spoilers out of episode discussions on the free pages. Don't even spoiler tag them. Please. Just keep 'em to Spoilerville.

Thank you and I love you all madly today.

Skip week on Scryer's (and book 1 update)

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Two reasons:

1) I'm on vacation, the first one I've had in two years, if you can count that one as a vacation; a client ruined it.

2) I got the manuscript for "Lovers and Beloveds" back from Netta this morning! I'm still waiting on my "fresh reader" to weigh in. Netta says I have very few issues to deal with in this iteration.

What that means: I should have the bare manuscript out to pre-salers no later than September 15th. I am aiming for a print publication date of 10/15/10. Please, Eddin, make this possible.

Has anyone ever cosplayed one of my characters?

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I'm just curious. Peacock King co-creator Erica Bercegeay just posted a pic of one of her fans dressed as the PK character Faun, and now I'm wondering if anyone's ever been a History or Gulch character in cosplay.

Which character would you dress up as, if you could? Or undress as? Eye-wink

25% off tank tees in the shop!

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Hey, if you've been thinking about buying a t-shirt, I've got a coupon for you! Use NOSLEEVES for 25% off the following:

* Men's Muscle Tee
* Female Longer Length Tank
* Women's Scoop Neck Racerback Tank
* Women's Spaghetti Strap Tank
* Women's Sleeveless V-Neck Tee
* Women's Camisole Top

If there's a design you want but I don't have the right style (you can choose any color in any tee, by the way, not just the one pictured), ping me and I'm happy to pungle one up for you.

I now have a PO box :)

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I finally got a PO box, so you can now send fan mail to some flounder:

MeiLin Miranda
4110 SE Hawthorne Blvd #428
Portland, OR 97214-5246

Just in time to ship books, whenever I get to do that (impatiently tapping toe for the last of the betas, who've had the manuscript less than a week)...

Status report 7-11-10

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Where we're at:

First off, sorry for the mass image update. They ended up behind the paywall, and I wanted them to remain largely available.

Secondly, I'm done with Netta's notes and am now writing a new ending. Well, THE ending; I didn't really have one when I sent it to Netta, but it felt like the stopping point for sending it to her. I have the idea, and it's just a matter of getting it right.

All the other chapters are with the non-existent beta group, who are finding multiple typos and artifacted grammar/words, bless 'em, as well as odd passages.

Next up:

New Embodiment/Patron perk: Ask a Tremontine -- Delayed (updated)

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Update: After a very frustrating evening, I've had to unpublish the two questions submitted so far. Access control modules for Drupal are sub-optimal at best. I'm not 100% sure how I'm going to do this. Stay tuned. I'm tired of crashing/restoring the db for one night.

Original post:

I think...

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I think I'm done with the draft.

I'm not sure, but I think I am.

Now I have to go back through, fill in some missing stuff, take out a section that doesn't belong there, make it not suck, and then send it to Nettah the Edittah. Hopefully she'll make it not suck some more, and then I send it out to you.

So, yeah.

Scryer's Gulch ep 24 whereabouts

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I'm hoping to have episode 24 up tomorrow, guys. I'm really sorry, I just ran out of runway. Today was Sir's birthday (he's 39), so I ended up doing a lot of stuff yesterday and today for that, and I'm also working on my portfolio. Money is tight; I need to go back to work part time, so I gotta make with the looking like I know what I'm doing. Smiling Know anyone who needs Drupal web development done? Lemme know.

5/3/10: No Scryer's Gulch episode this week

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I'm making an executive decision: There won't be a Scryer's Gulch episode this week. I need to get my portfolio into shape. Finances are such that at the least I need to pick up a few professional gigs, and my portfolio is a shambles. I'm also through some of the worst of the end of book one, and I'm feeling I need to put any writing time I have into that right now.

So, yeah. Late.

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I'm really sorry, but as I've been hinting on Twitter, it's been hectic to put it mildly. I'm about halfway through Episode 17 of the Gulch, and I'll have it up as soon as I can tomorrow, guys. I'm really sorry.

New Voting Incentive: Ellika's Mitts Pattern

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Don't know if you noticed, but over in the side bar, there's a new voting incentive for TopWebFiction.com! It's the pattern for Ellika's Mitts. Here's the pic, finally!

The pattern is also available at Ravelry in the Intimate Knitting of the Greater Kingdom group. Enjoy!

Thanks to everyone who voted for me

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Thanks to all of you who voted for me in the Rose & Bay Awards. I came in second, behind Cecilia Tan's Daron's Guitar Chronicles. Considering Cecilia is an award-winning "real writer" (ie, traditionally published), it's no shame to come in second to her.

Good grief

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Sorry, you guys, I went in to take the new images I'd uploaded out of the RSS feeds, and it threw them all to the top of the tracker. aargh! They'll cycle through. Sad

What do you know! We have 500 users--and we're two years old! (Updated)

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We just passed the 500 user mark with the addition of patchworkgirl--introduce yourself, dear! And two years ago yesterday, I posted the "Welcome" here on the site. Happy anniversary, everyone!

Update: It occurred to me that now would be a good time to ask you for a contribution: $2, one for each year. I'd like this to be from folks who have never contributed, or who haven't contributed in a while. Thanks in advance. Smiling

Third place in the Rose and Bays! Keep voting!

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If you haven't voted in the Rose and Bays, now might be a good time. I'm in third, way behind first place "Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" by C.E. Murphy, and not far behind second place "Daron's Guitar Chronicles" by Cecilia Tan.

Scryer's Gulch, Episodes 1-10, now available in ebook! (updated)

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You can now get episodes 1-10 of Scryer's Gulch in ebook form, absolutely free, at Smashwords. Pretty much every format is there, even plain text.

I'm working on the print edition, which should be $3.95 or so plus shipping.

New voting incentive

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Ravelry's had the story for a few days now, and so it's your turn: Vote for the History and the Gulch using the links toward the top of the page, and you'll get access to "Two Pairs of Mitts, Part One" as your reward! The pattern will follow next week.

A picture of Arta's Mitts

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For your viewing and future knitting pleasure, Arta's mitts as knitted in the upcoming 2-part bonus story and accompanying knitting patterns:

Arta's Mitts

I'm designing Ellika's pair right now.

Happier: Two Pairs of Mitts, Part 1B up at Ravelry

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Part 1B is up at Ravelry, including the pattern for Arta's mitts. Tomorrow I'll post a picture of them once I'm back from breakfast with the Portland WebLit Mafia. Monday all of Part 1, except for Arta's pattern, will go up as the voting incentive. Arta's pattern will go up next week. Now I'm working on Ellika's pattern.

A bonus story beginning at Ravelry

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I'm writing a story around a knitting pattern--two, actually, one set of mitts knit by Arta, one set knitted for Ellika (what, you think she knits her own things? pfft!). Part one of the story is at Ravelry. It'll pop up here as a voting incentive in the next few days, and then will be up on the site when it's all the way finished. The story parts, because they're about knitting, will appear at Ravelry first. I will, however, post pix of the mitts here as soon as they're done.

Intimate Knitting of the Greater Kingdom

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I'm knitting again! Yay! And knitting of course means Ravelry! If you're on Ravelry, we now have our own group: Intimate Knitting of the Greater Kingdom. Smiling I'll be posting patterns there for things like a pair of mitts Ellika wears (not mentioned in the story). Backstory for the pattern will be included. Once it's released on Ravelry, it'll probably become an incentive here for the non-Ravelers. Come join, and if you are on Ravelry, friend me!

Do you regularly read on a mobile device?

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There's a theme for you. It's called "mobile garland," and it's available to choose at the bottom of the near-right column. If you're not logged in, the site won't remember your choice next time you visit--so get an account!

State of the Struggle, 1-4-10

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Just a quick update on how the writing's going. I'm now staring at the blank page that will be chapter 12, which is actually a good thing; it means I've caught up with all the bits of chapters that I tore up late last year. Smiling

The story now stands at 86k words, or 229 pages trade paperback. This is before I go through and do a "10% edit," dropping it to 77k or so. I'm hoping I can finish the story in 30k words--I'm trying to shoehorn it all in to 100k total, but I'm thinking I might run over before Netta gets it.

Can someone start a TVTropes.org page for me?

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Yes, I'm whiny and needy! I'm having a bad day, readership has cratered (as I knew it would but boy, it's hard), and I saw a picture of myself that made me look like a giant green blob. (I am the least photogenic person on the face of the planet. I could look like a supermodel that day and the picture would come out looking like I'd been through a meat grinder.)

Nominate me for an award?

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There is now a "Crowdfunded Creativity" award (that's a term that's new to me, but it's apt). It's called the Rose and Bay, and among its categories is one for fiction. Anyone wanna nominate me, either for the Gulch or the History?

ETA: Cap nominated the History. Thank you!

In case you missed it: New voting incentive

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A teeny excerpt of a scene from the edited book one awaits those who vote for the History and/or the Gulch from the links above to TopWebFiction.com. You won't get the reward if you don't use those links.

Merry Christmas! Have a new theme!

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Merry Christmas, everyone! No1 Daughter is running around the house in her new Totoro beanie and "Spanish Inquisition--Unexpected Since 1478" t-shirt. No2 Daughter is playing with a teeny RC car and driving the dog bananas. I am gloating over what to buy with my $10 iTunes gift certificate (ideas?). Sir is hanging out in his new flannel nightshirt from Yule, and we're all eating slices of No2's chocolate orange. In other words, a merry Christmas!

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