Ruthanne Reid, Author

Oh, Bloody Hell

Ruthanne — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:18:05 +0000

Yeah. That picture there? Of the computer blowing up? Yeah.

Maybe I should stick to clay tablets.

I’m Notte a Hack

Ruthanne — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:19:48 +0000

So one of my favorite authors, Lilith Saintcrow, was called a hack. Why? Because she expects to get paid for the hours of work she puts in. Her response – The Hack Manifesto – is brilliant, and something I whole-heartedly endorse. You owe it to yourself to read it.

Goodbye, Era

Ruthanne — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:50:41 +0000

So let me tell you about my grandma.

She lived in her Manhattan apartment for 45 years, moving in after her husband died in 1965. At the time, she paid a ridiculously low price for it, mostly because it was a fixer-upper. And… she fixed it up.

Survival of the Nuttiest

Ruthanne — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:13:33 +0000

1. Final huge crazy edit of Mab is Dead before sending manuscript to agent who requested full.

2. Web design business is actually doing well! I have clients! WOO! Allow me to present my latest, Gigi Vernon, historical mystery writer. Feel free to spread the word. :D

Query, Take Two!

Ruthanne — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:39:25 +0000

(Comic brilliance by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.)

Until twelve year old Alex grew wings, he had no idea magic existed.

But it does – worlds of it, separated from ours by the thinnest of walls, which Alex tears through accidentally when he uses his new wings to escape the isolated brothel in which he was born. The magic-using Mythos will kill to preserve their secrecy, and they’re especially panicky right now because of new and hard-to-fool technology like satellite imagery and traffic light cameras.

Mab is Dead (and other updates)

Ruthanne — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:14:09 +0000

I am one happy lady. ~~Guardian~~ ~~Alex~~ ~~Kingmaker~~ Mab is Dead is done, rewritten, and shipped out to beta readers. Again.

This is the novel that will not die.

Behold the (2nd) new query (and please please please comment!):

The Sundered Query

Ruthanne — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:35:24 +0000

OH MY NERVES.

Ahem. Here is the query under consideration:

Harry Iskinder knows the three things everyone needs to survive. One is balance – without it, he’d fall into the black water, and contact with the water is death. Two is boatmanship – the ability to navigate successfully, to know how much salvaged weight a one-man skiff can hold, and where to sell it. Three is how to claim a Sundered One, because without the Sundered, there would be no human life at all.

Back in the Saddle, Cowboy

Ruthanne — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 03:24:51 +0000

There were wonderful things this month. We got a kitty. Celebrated my fourth anniversary. Got a fabulous new haircut.

The not-so-wonderful-things?

1. Family crisis.

2. Financial problems.

3. Health issues.

4. Absolute silence re: my inbox from the literary world. (Call me crazy, but I think three months of silence on a query is a “no.”)

Independence Day, Two

Ruthanne — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:11:31 +0000

How long has it been since you read the Declaration?

Or, for that matter, studied why we had to declare independence in the first place?

Do so. It’s food for the soul.

Happy Independence Day!

Ruthanne — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:25:32 +0000

Also, here are some Muppets. ^_^