Andy's Etherary

Category: Books

  • 2/10/25 Meeting Transcript

    Shadow: My rewrites seem to be going well. Why do you seem sad today? Me: Guess I’m sympathizing with the Chiefs’ defense this morning. I was pulling for the Eagles in yesterday’s Super Bowl, but the slaughter was still hard to watch. And it reminded me of something one of my partners said recently about…

  • Announcing Ethernotes

    Shadow: Is there a reason you’ve ignored me the last two days? Me: A few. But one of them is my new- Shadow: Who said you could start a new project? You’re halfway through my rewrite! You’ve cast off not just the first draft’s scenes, but its outline! You can’t just start something else! Me:…

  • 1/1/2025 Meeting Transcript

    Me: Happy New Year! Snow Kiss: Whatever. Are you happy with me yet? Because I’d really appreciate being published. Me: Sorry, no. But I AM closer! I’m about to hand you over to someone with instructions to focus on things to cut. Snow Kiss: Cut? Why? I’m down to 112,000 words. Why are you so…

  • 10/02/24 Meeting Transcript

    Snow Kiss: Excuse me? I was under the impression you were going to be revising me, but you seem to be NOT DOING THAT. What gives? Me: So, I missed a lot of goals last week due to a combination of things, including a deep concern about my mother’s hometown being destroyed by flooding and…

  • Meet Kaz

    Happy Banned Books Week! As a writer, I clearly have opinions on banning books. (It’s BAD. Duh.) Another profession that generally comes with opinions on book bans is that of librarian. Which takes me to the first of a series on introducing my characters. This is not my character. This is an image I yanked…