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I'm working on a "sword-and-sorcery" fantasy, "The Sea Troll's Daughter," and trying to invert the gender roles as completely as possible (compared to the old "damsel-in-distress" formula of the subgenre), and my editor needs it by July 5th, at the very, very latest.

"Sometimes, getting laid is more important than killing orc kings." faustfatale 2009

Yesterday, I wrote a very decent 1,551 words on "The Sea Troll's Daughter," which is coming out sort of vaguely like a quasi-feminist Beowulf.

Happy Birthday, Spooky! greygirlbeast 2009

The anthology's editors loved "The Sea Troll's Daughter," which was a huge relief.

"The sky is not blue and the field's not green." greygirlbeast 2009

I need to try to get back to work on the last third of "The Sea Troll's Daughter," as it's due July 5th.

"And then the sky began to crack. Like sticks it was upon my back." lady_theadora 2009

Also, Lou Anders emailed me the Publisher's Weekly review of Swords and Dark Magic, the anthology that includes my story "The Sea Troll's Daughter" (mentioned prominently in the review).

Of Books and the Sea greygirlbeast 2010

I'm having a perfectly awful time trying to find THE END of "The Sea Troll's Daughter."

Seven Years sovay 2009

I'm very pleased that the cover art (by Dominic Harmon) was clearly inspired by "The Sea Troll's Daughter," a story which is, essentially my lesbian/feminist reworking of Beowulf:

Of Books and the Sea greygirlbeast 2010

Today, it's back to work on "The Sea Troll's Daughter," which is presently 4,850 words long.

Unremarkable days upon which we remark. greygirlbeast 2009

Also, Lou Anders emailed me the Publisher's Weekly review of Swords and Dark Magic, the anthology that includes my story "The Sea Troll's Daughter" (mentioned prominently in the review).

Of Books and the Sea greygirlbeast 2010

Yesterday, I did 1,123 words on "The Sea Troll's Daughter," which I think I'm almost halfway through.

Glurk (A Love Story) humglum 2009