by L.C. Adams | Oct 29, 2018 | Anxieties, Backstory, Bandwagon, Felicity, Jaime, Staci
Yes, the first one-third of a speculative trilogy is done. It starts in 2020, and is believable coming out of the world we had at the end of the Obama years. Oh-oh. See the problem? Present reality is so dystopian, that the third draft I have of books two and three...
by L.C. Adams | Apr 26, 2018 | Bandwagon
In a few days my editor will return The Palisade Trilogy Book 1: Barter. When I have addressed her questions and comments, I will call it finished. This has been a long time coming: the oldest layers were written in 2008, and the most recent in the last month. And...
by L.C. Adams | Oct 17, 2017 | Backstory, Characters
Recently I have made two major changes of plan. First, I decided to reorganize the manuscript radically from its structure in draft 3. It is becoming a trilogy. Second, my “working title” stopped working, and could not be fixed. The first change came about...
by L.C. Adams | Oct 11, 2017 | Bandwagon
LitCrawl Seattle is a big deal. You can come out for the evening, walk from pub to lounge to gallery on Capitol Hill and First Hill, and catch the most admired Seattle writers reading from their work, and many not yet well known who will blow you away. Thrilled is not...
by L.C. Adams | Oct 10, 2016 | Off-topic sortof
A friend of mine told me about a program that teaches writers how to be more professional and financially successful. Artists Trust Literary EDGE is for emerging and mid-career writers. I applied; I was quite prepared not to get in. After all, they must be thinking...
by L.C. Adams | Jul 1, 2016 | Bandwagon, Short stories
“New Dresses” is a short story about the Diaz family, Jaime, Olivia, Florie and Carmen. They work a truck farm in Montana and figure prominently in Worst Case, 2020. I plan to write a bunch of short stories in which I give you an insider knowledge of...
