My life in writing, this week : LOTUS, MUD, BLADE: marketing hell; THE KABUKI BOOK: editing & proofreading hell; TALL THAI TALES: development hell (plot stitching); Takuan #1: too fast (written in 3 sittings), can't trust; Pipes: leaky boat, acid lake; Send help 💙📚⏳ 🖋️📚 #AuthorLife #lotusmudblade

22/31 "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it." — Edward FitzGerald (trans.), The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

21/31 "All language is a set of symbols whose use among its speakers assumes a shared past. How, then, can I translate into words the limitless Aleph, which my floundering mind can scarcely encompass?" — Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

20/31 "I aimed to write every sentence in a way that included a 'hang-up'—a piece of information that was incomplete or created a small mystery, tension, or emotional hook." — A.E. van Vogt #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

19/31 "For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend, play a part in shaping the very events we witness about us, each and every day." — Phèdre nó Delaunay, J. Carey, Kushiel's Dart 💙📚🌶️ #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

18/31 "The map is not the territory... The word is not the thing itself." — Gilbert Gosseyn, A.E. van Vogt, The World of Null-A #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

17/31 « Voyez, lui dit-il, tout est là ; il y a huit jours à peu près que j'ai écrit le mot fin au bas de la soixante-huitième bande. » — L'abbé Faria, Alexandre Dumas, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

Mum, look! Got 5 stars! 💙📚⏳ 🖋️📚 #BookReview of #LotusMudBlade from #ReadersFavorite - readersfavorite.com/book-review/...

Only 4 days left to grab these free (free?) [free!] books 💙📚⏳ Guess which is mine :) #freebies

16/31 "The text of a book is merely a blueprint of the story. The reader is the contractor who performs the sweat-work of constructing the actual narrative experience in their own mind using their own materials." — Lois McMaster Bujold 1989 #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

15/31... "Nous vivons pour les livres. Douce mission dans ce monde dominé par le désordre et la décadence." — Benno of Uppsala, the librarian's assistant, Umberto Eco, Le Nom de la Rose #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

#arcreview #bookreview #arcreader

14/31... "There aren’t any magical words, really. Words just hold the magic." — Harry Dresden, Jim Butcher, Grave Peril, Dresden Files series #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

13/31 "1. You must write. 2. You must finish what you start. 3. You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order. 4. You must put it on the market. 5. You must keep it on the market until it has sold." — Robert A. Heinlein in *Of Worlds Beyond* 1947 #Books #BookSky #writers

Reviewers still get it for free! Choose you poison: BookSirens booksirens.com/book/S957UES StoryOrigin storyoriginapp.com/reviewcopies...

LOTUS, MUD, BLADE is available as ebook/paperback from your preferred store! books2read.com/u/4NM906 "To win the heart of a prince, one warrior offers her beautiful face, while another sacrifices her soul. Must one die?" ⏳📚 🖋️📚 #booksky #AuthorLife #lotusmudblade

12/31 "The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." — Philip K. Dick, (1978 speech "How to Build a Universe (...)") #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

11/31 "Une histoire de science-fiction a généralement pour thème les tribulations d'un groupe de personnages projetés accidentellement dans un univers insolite, face à un certain nombre d'épreuves et de problèmes (...) #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

3 kinds of houses from LOTUS, MUD, BLADE #BookSky #AuthorLife #lotusmudblade

10/31 "And the translator is the god. Selver had brought a new word into the language of his people. He had done a new deed. The word, the deed, murder." — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Word for World is Forest #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

On the architecture of shelter, and of local wood Siam, Ayutthaya Thailand, houses.

and FREE June Historical Fiction & Mystery Books with Romantic Elements books.bookfunnel.com/junehistfict...

9/31 "Il n'est pas mon ombre, je suis son ombre. C'est lui qui s'assied à cette table quand j'écris. Je lui obéis…" — Maurice Leblanc, "Qui est Arsène Lupin ?" #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

Let's meet at my place... #BookSky

Sunday's Book Bonanza: Running until June 20, Passion for the Past: FREE Historical Romance May-June books.bookfunnel.com/eroyalmay202...

8/31 "Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories." — Arthur C. Clarke, (didn't find actual source) Yeah, and let the tech bros read Ursula K. Le Guin and romance, so they develop at least a germ of empathy... #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

Recruiting fans of historical fantasy: We need 3-5 beta readers for a 110k novel Historical Shinto Fantasy (Japan c.1600); AND ARC readers for a 24k novella (Siam, Ayutthaya c.1500). Reply or (better) DM to contact for these opportunities. #Books #BookSky #writers #writersky

7/31 Revisiting... "I need words that mean more than they mean, words not just with height and width, but depth and weight and, and other dimensions that I cannot even name." — Lupe dy Cazaril, Lois McMaster Bujold, The Curse of Chalion #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

Just saying…. #BookSky

6/31 Revisiting... "The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion." — Bene Gesserit Training Manual, Frank Herbert, Children of Dune #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

5/31 Revisiting... "In your Primer you have a resource that will make you highly educated, but it will never make you intelligent. That comes from life." — Constable Moore, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

Books Bonanza! Passion for the Past: FREE Historical Romance May-June books.bookfunnel.com/eroyalmay202... is going strong and open till June 20. #books #BookSky

4/31 Revisiting... "Tout au fond, il y avait un peu de poussière blanchâtre. — Peut-être, dit le professeur, contenait-il des objets faits d'une matière périssable, textile ou papier, et qui n'ont pas pu résister à l'inexorable usure du temps." #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

3/31 Revisiting... "Writing is a very redemptive profession, because all of your mistakes can be reclassified as raw material." — Lois McMaster Bujold, Speech at the Ohioana Library Association (2007) #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

Revisiting... "at five a.m. I am at my desk, remaining at work till eleven. I work very slowly and with the greatest care, writing and rewriting until each sentence takes the form that I desire." -- Jules Verne, interview 1894 #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

Revisiting... "I'll make my report as if I told a story, for I was taught as a child on my homeworld that Truth is a matter of the imagination." — Genly Ai (Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left hand of Darkness) #Books #BookSky #BookChallengeOneQuote #writers

#BookSky #Books

34 authors are offering their books in Passion for the Past: FREE Historical Romance May-June books.bookfunnel.com/eroyalmay202... until June 20th.

I initially replied to the book challenge because it looked like fun. I am now reposting because I realise that these books are more than old friends, and even more than mere literary influences, they are core to who I am. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

just missed the launch event... but at least, Vonda N. McIntyre's The Curve of the World is available now. Featuring some of my favourite bronze ppl, the Minoans. www.amazon.com/Curve-World-...

I really do love reading books that challenge me, but I also like escapism and fluff. Reading one doesn't mean you can't read the other. #BookSky

I initially replied to the book challenge because it looked like fun. I am now reposting because I realise that these books are more than old friends, and even more than mere literary influences, they are core to who I am. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

I initially replied to the book challenge because it looked like fun. I am now reposting because I realise that these books are more than old friends, and even more than mere literary influences, they are core to who I am. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

I initially replied to the book challenge because it looked like fun. I am now reposting because I realise that these books are more than old friends, and even more than mere literary influences, they are core to who I am. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

Hear, hear!

I initially replied to the book challenge because it looked like fun. I am now reposting because I realise that these books are more than old friends, and even more than mere literary influences, they are core to who I am. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

The ghost in the machine is busy today: Luang Sorasakdidecha [Character] is pulled from the digital mire. Follow the trail... #BookSky #HistoricalFiction #Khmer #LotusMudBlade #Siam #TallThaiTales

p.162, as p.160 is near blank end of chapter. Japan c.1600.

I initially replied to the book challenge because it looked like fun. I am now reposting because I realise that these books are more than old friends, and even more than mere literary influences, they are core to who I am. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge

I initially replied to the book challenge because it looked like fun. I am now reposting because I realise that these books are more than old friends, and even more than mere literary influences, they are core to who I am. #BookSky #Books #BookChallenge #20DayBookChallenge