Xandra | August 6, 2009
Surprisingly, it took me a week to get through the copy edits of Jolly Rogered. I’m very happy to be working with the same editor I had with Alien Communion–she’s a grammatical nitpicker and I’m down with that. Plus, it gave me a chance to catch a rather glaring error I had on page one, [...]
Category: Jolly Rogered, Writing, Xandra |
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Xandra | January 17, 2009
So over at Dear Author’s Thread That Ate Cleveland (and walked away still hungry), the thread derailed jumped the track switched trains altogether found out it was actually a Transformer and could fly, too, and sooner or later the subject of ebook piracy came up. I thought I’d compose my thoughts over here instead of [...]
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Xandra | April 14, 2006
She rose slowly, unsteadily, but quietly, to her feet. Every muscle ached, and her limbs twitched and trembled with the effort it cost her to pull herself upright. She made her way to the door on shaking legs that screamed in pain and yanked the door open. Behind her, she heard Kenneth’s startled shout. “Holy–sh–Stop [...]
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Xandra | April 11, 2006
In person, as opposed to her dream, Alcaini males had more presence than she realized. “I’ve never seen an Alcaini man in person before.” The being in question stared straight ahead, never even hinting that he was aware of being the subject of interest. His skin remained ruddy and impassive. Ez’iri smiled, her forked tongue [...]
Category: Alien Communion |
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