Painting Pictures with Words

Chocolate Easter Bunnies are in the stores and that means only one thing - Norwescon will be here soon!

This year I am so very lucky to be a panelist and get a reading slot.  So if you want to find me, here's my schedule.

Thursday

What the Frak Is Filk?

5:00pm - 6:00pm @ Poolside1

Stephanie Weippert (M), Wednesday Phoenix

Friday

It's All About You (Without It Being At All About You)

5:00pm - 6:00pm @ Cascade 7&8

Stephanie Weippert (M), Raven Oak, Alexander James Adams, Shubzilla

Worldbuilding: Alien Cultures that Don't Dehumanize

8:00pm - 9:00pm @ Poolside0

Liz Argall (M), Stephanie Weippert, K. M. Alexander, Rhiannon Held

Saturday

How Big a Fish Do You Need To Be?

2:00pm - 3:00pm @ Cascade 9

Jonny Nero Action Hero (M), Stephanie Weippert, Dara Korra'ti, Alexander James Adams

How to Be an Author on the Internet

6:00pm - 7:00pm @ Cascade 9

Sienna Saint-Cyr (M), Stephanie Weippert, Caroline M. Yoachim, Lisa Mantchev, Shannon Page

Sunday

Geekmusic in the Wild

1:00pm - 2:00pm @ Cascade 9

Hollyannam McCollom (M), Stephanie Weippert, Christian Lipski, Wednesday Phoenix

Reading: Stephanie Weippert

2:30pm - 3:00pm @ Cascade 2

Stephanie Weippert (M)

I think she liked it.  :D 

With two books out, Sweet Secrets and Road to Chaos, you'd think I'd feel like I made it or something. Not so much. Imposter syndrome gets all us artist types and even when it's not heavy (I'm a fraud!) it's still hard to feel proud of what you've done so far.

The only thing I can think of to do is keep writing. If I keep going, I'm too busy to pay attention to that evil little voice inside all of us that only tells you bad things about you.
Keep writing. Just Keep Writing.

The pre-order link for Road to Chaos is now availble!  http://tanstaaflpress.com/books/road-to-chaos/  

Hope you'll come say Hello. :)

Orycon 38
Itinerary for Stephanie Weippert

ORC Open Read and Critiques Session B
Willamette (L)
Fri Nov 18 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Stephanie Weippert

Stephanie Weippert Reading
Hawthorne (2)
Fri Nov 18 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Stephanie Weippert

Social Media and the Modern Writer
Meadowlark (3)
Fri Nov 18 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Curtis Chen, Elizabeth Shannon, Elton Elliott, Katie Lane, Stephanie Weippert

ORC Open Read and Critiques Session C
Willamette (L)
Sat Nov 19 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Stephanie Weippert

Concert: Starlight
Mt Hood (2)
Sat Nov 19 4:00pm - 5:00pm
John Gray III, Natalie Gibbs, Richard Glover, Stephanie Weippert

Road to Chaos is on track for a November release. I'll post the pre-order link the day Editordude sends it to me. So, without further ado, here's the cover of my next book!

I got the editing notes back on Road to Chaos, and it sounds like they aren't too extensive, so the book is still on track to come out this November. Happy Dance.  This is very good, as it has been confirmed that I will be a pro at this year's Orycon, which happens mid November. My writer ego is so looking forward to placing two, Yes Two!, published books in front of me at my panels. Squee!

If you need a reason to go, one of my writing idols, David Weber is the Guest of Honor and I plan on bringing at least one Honor Harrington book for him to sign. Orycon also has an Editor Guest of Honor, who is Diana Gill this year. I hope to get a chance to listen to her over drinks sometime that weekend too. Outside of writing, the artist Guest of Honor is David Mattingly, and Mark Osier is the filk Guest of Honor.

Which does remind me that the filk band I perform in, Starlight, got a concert at Orycon as well. Whew, will I ever be busy, but I still would love to see you there. Please look me up. I love to have people come up and say Hi!

Now, the sad news. I'm behind on the sequel to Sweet Secrets. I had almost 9,000 words written, but I don't anymore. The hard drive on my laptop crashed and I found out that I hadn't emailed it to my husband like I thought I had, so when I get done kicking myself for not doing what I should have done, (In my defense usually do. Really! I don't know why I didn't this time.), I get to start all over again.

In less than five days, I'll be at Westercon in Portland, OR. I hope to see you there.  If you want to find me, they scheduled me for these panels.



Hope to see you there!  

Got a call a few days back from Editordude asking if I wanted to be interviewed by Krypton radio. Of couse I couldn't tell him YES! fast enough. So if you want to hear me charm the soxs off Gene Turnbow and Susan Fox go to Kryptonradio.com on the following dates and times.

It will air this coming Saturday (6/11) at 9 pm Pacific / Midnight Eastern, then again Sunday (6/12) at 4 pm / 7 pm Eastern, then Tuesday and the following Saturday(6/18) at 4 am Pacific / 7 am Eastern

If none of those times work for you, afterwards I've been told it will available on their main website.

Still working on Road to Chaos, but real life keeps getting in the way.  :(

However, what I wanted to post about here is one of my little pet peeves when I read a great story:  Boring Color descriptions

Now, brown, blue, and yellow each has a place in our language, but when that's the only colors used in the whole book?  Change it up!  Yeah, a saddle is brown and so is dirt, but they are not the same color for goodness sakes. Google a color name wheel and use it. Please!  Use teal, royal, and blue for character's eyes, because honestly, have you ever seen two people with exactly the same color blue eyes?  I know I haven't.  So, get creative and decide that your handsome man in your romance doesn't have boring old brown eyes, your protag sees dark chocolate colored eyes. See what I did there? If I told you the protag (male or female) is in love with that man you'd believe me, right?  I got across the point with just how I described the man's eyes to the protag. It's sneaky, but this subtle writing technique works and works well.  So, use that color wheel writers!