Author Archives: Eugie Foster

Matthew and I are celebrating our 18th Anniversary today. My hubby, he’s my best friend, my sweetheart, my everything.

Cross-country RPGing with distant friends via shiny technology: win! Server crashing in the middle of combat…fail.

End of day math: (4×10 workweek)+(Confederate Memorial Day holiday) = (4-day weekend) = :D! But: (4-day weekend)+(wingstub pain) = meh = :/

Wingstubs really hurt today. Might need to spend the weekend in a Tramadol haze. Pondering which is worse: pain or lost productivity.

Writing progress: not so much. PHP geeking and web design progress: gobs.

Cranked out 1K words on “Mortal Clay, Metal Heart” yesterday. It’s not coming out in chronological scene sequence, which is unusual for me for short works. Hmm. Guess it doesn’t matter how the words come out, as long as they do.

Lotso research done over the weekend but few words on the page. Today: a hamster or 2 to pacify, then writing. That’s the plan, at least…

Just saw Repo! The Genetic Opera. Some big dark funny, lotso eye candy (Anthony Stewart Head=rawr), and ok+ music, but a letdown on the writing.

Debating whether to spend the morning researching the Qin Dynasty and writing or watching cartoons. Decisions decisions…

Did vasty gobs of research on early steel manufacturing and consolidated my notes on the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi, and his terracotta army. Ad hoc research win! ‘Cept I have to force myself to remember not to get too caught up in the research and neglect to write the story.

Writing Stuff

New Words:
• 1.5K on the terracotta warrior steampunk Asian fantasy, tentatively titled “Mortal Clay, Metal Heart.” It seems to be acquiring Pygmalion overtones, too. Urg. Must keep it under 6K words…

Received:
• Note from my Cricket editor letting me know that “The Tortoise Bride” has been slotted for the October issue. Woohoo!
• Email from Norilana pointing me to an excellent review at Someone’s Read it Already of Returning My Sister’s Face:

Overall, I really enjoyed this collection. I’m not familiar with very many East Asian folk or fairy tales, and this was a great introduction, I thought. Ms. Foster’s comments explaining her inspiration were also quite helpful, and it’s definitely convinced me that not only should more authors write in these settings, but that I should search out some of the original tales myself. I’d recommend it to nearly everyone

Sweet!