Monthly Archives: August 2012
Q. What’s It Feel Like to Finish Writing a Trilogy?
A. It took a while for it to hit. I’d been revising Promised on and off for months as it went through its final stages, and then one day in June, I was in New York having lunch with my editor, and she said she had a couple last catches on the second pass pages for me to look at. So we sat at the round table by the window in her seventh-floor office, and turned through the tabbed pages for the last tiny things. For instance,… Continue reading
Title Search
Nasty Title Problem
Got Nothin’ Still
There’s a Poem in This
Mebbe
But Not a Title
Which is What I Need
By Monday
The Novel I Wrote
No Problem
The Sequel Synopsis, Too
But No Title
Got Me a Nice List Now
Of Dead Ends
And the Already Used
I’d Like to Go With
Sharks!
But No Fish Swim
In My Novel
The Thesaurus Is My Friend
Turned Enemy
Music Lyrics Have Been
Stolen and Abandoned
Poems and Quotes
Plundered
I’ve Tried This and That and Zombies
Alas
No Title
Title-less
None
Zip
“Ruled” Cover
*UPDATE: The story will be released earlier than expected! Now it is due out on Wednesday, September 19th!
“Ruled” (Birthmarked 2.5) a short story that bridges the gap between Prized and Promised, will be released on Tor.com Wednesday, September 19th, two weeks before the last book in the trilogy. It’s another glimpse of the Birthmarked world from Leon’s perspective, and it catches the outsider looking in.
Many thanks to Julie Dillon for the cover artwork.
"Ruled" by Caragh M. O'Brien. Cover Art by Julie Dillon. The story goes live 9/25/12.
Does Writing Full-Time Feel Like Work?
A friend of mine dropped by this afternoon to return a book, and I was so happy to see her. She had her kids in the car, so we didn’t talk long, but we caught up for a few minutes and when I walked her back out, I was able to see her little guy sleeping in his car seat and her daughter’s sweet grin.
She asked what I was up to, and I explained where I was with my latest project. She listened kindly for a moment… Continue reading
The Ghost of Mary We-Ha-Kee
I respectfully contribute this story to Camp Eve for Eve’s Fan Garden, in honor of CIT’s and ghosts everywhere.
The Ghost of Mary We-Ha-Kee, by Caragh M. O'Brien, erstwhile CIT
Our camp was haunted. One of my jobs as a CIT at Camp We-Ha-Kee was to make sure the ghost appeared once during each camp session, preferably on a bloody moon. Sometimes, the ghost of Mary We-Ha-Kee walked the forest at night, singing a lonesome tune. Other times, she rode her black and white pinto between… Continue reading