About time....

It's been awhile since I thought of blogging, except on my Amazon profile.

Of Two Minds, my entry for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, did advance to the semifinals on January 15, but I was disappointed in the Publishers' Weekly review I received a week later. Actually, I was hopping mad. I got over it, though, thanks to my friend Bill Wraith (soon to be well-known author of War on Error), who pointed out that he'd tried to get me to see the problems my reviewer ran into while helping me revise this summer. I'd fixed them some, but not enough apparently.

So I have little hope of continuing much farther in this contest, but good hope for revising again and being ready to send queries soon.

The reviewer did say Of Two Minds is promising, with an exciting premise, appealing major and minor characters, and prose that suits the antiquated setting. (Actual quotes, not actual size.) I just need to nail down the plot a bit. I can do that.

I've also started a new tale, so far untitled, about my villain, Lord Valmur Karoli, and how he becomes what he becomes. I'm having more fun than I probably should writing from the point of view of a complete bastard. At the moment there are three chapters posted at writerscafe.org.

http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/MindMuse/181375/

And I have a new website, still under construction.

http://leahdavidsontalley.googlepages.com

Plenty to keep me busy.