LOOK.
FOX.
The Writer Shed Fox is back — this year I’d only seen it (him? her?) by way of its footprints, but the other day after a snow, poof, there it was, right in front of the shed. I quick grabbed my camera and snapped a shot just before it ducked under a pair of boulders by our driveway.
Also, today is the day we met this doofus (seen there on the left) — at the time, at the shelter, she was named Sascha, but we found that too crude, too inelegant, and we wanted something with more class. So we ceded the dog-naming to the then-four-year-old, and he of course went with SNOOBUG, so here we are, with SNOOBUG the dog, who looks very much like someone took the head off a Corgi, stuck it on the body of a German Shepherd. A German Frankencorgi, perhaps.
Anyway.
I have some news to share but I can’t yet share it.
I also have another piece of news to share but I can’t share that, either.
I just got the edit on my massive monster-sized novel (Wanderers, clocking in presently at 260,000 words), and it’s a 17-page edit letter, and I’ve never gotten one of those before! I expected to hate it, to quiver, to run in fear, but everything was… like, really right on? It’s gonna take some work to kick this fucker into shape, but it’s worth doing, because I think this book is really something. I hope you’ll agree when it comes out next year.
Also, poised to finish Vultures, the final Miriam book.
Which reminds me:
Tomorrow.
The Raptor & The Wren releases. [print | ebook]
See you then.
Sylvia Karman says:
Love the Writer Shed Fox. Shapeshifting muse.
January 22, 2018 — 8:41 AM
Carrie Clauson says:
That is such a great fox picture, Chuck! Every time you say you snapped it quickly, right before the fox ran away, I think, “damn, my quick shots usually look like smears of indistinguishable colors”, and I’m impressed all over again. Nice shot. 🙂 Also, yay. for Snoobug! And Loa!
January 22, 2018 — 8:43 AM
Jacey Bedford says:
I actually like the editing process. (Yes, I might be strange.) Good luck with yours.
January 22, 2018 — 8:46 AM
terribleminds says:
I LOVE the editing process when I’m doing it — I hate the moments before doing it though. I experience deep trepidation.
January 22, 2018 — 9:01 AM
strugglingwriter says:
That fox is beautiful.
January 22, 2018 — 9:10 AM
Delaney Darco says:
Two fine canines, I must say. I can’t wait to read your new stuff! Good luck on your editing. I love editing. It’s cathartic to bloody a print copy with a red pen. Not sure why.
January 22, 2018 — 9:33 AM
Henri says:
Nice picture. I once saw a fox (near Portland Maine) walking around with a hard roll (the kind you buy in the grocery store) in his mouth.He (or she) wasn’t very shy and just stood about twenty feet away and stared back at me. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the picture.
January 22, 2018 — 12:09 PM
Michelle says:
Snoobug looks JUST like our Corgi. Almost. I’m like “Aah! Corgi!” And I’m scrolling, and then, “Wha? Long legs?!” She’s very, very cute, though.
January 22, 2018 — 12:39 PM
Patricia Mather Parker says:
Glad you didn’t go with a silly dog name like Sasha! You are chosen, plainly! A magic fox. That’s amazing. Best on you book editing.
January 22, 2018 — 12:51 PM
Bryn says:
Really great photo of the fox! Congrats of your epic novel!
January 22, 2018 — 1:44 PM
Rebecca Douglass says:
I take some evil comfort in hearing that even the great Wendig can end up with edits that take a boatload of work to make work. I’m in the midst of doing that now, and…ouch. But every move helps me see new ways the story could be make stronger, better…I kinda want that to stop, you know?
January 22, 2018 — 1:46 PM
Phoebe Gates says:
I can hardly wait for your huge book, which I will have to order because at my age and with arthritic fingers, I’m going to need to use my Kindle app, cause I know a book that big needs to be digital for me! I personally had a long relationship with a fox when I lived out southwest of Eugene, Oregon. Totally magical! and I love your new dog.
January 22, 2018 — 2:58 PM
Dusty Jahns says:
Holding not one, but two pieces of big news over our heads? You’re a damn tease, Chuck.
January 22, 2018 — 4:08 PM
Widdershins says:
Diabolical! 😀
January 23, 2018 — 9:44 PM
chacha1 says:
lovely fox and adorable dog. 🙂
January 23, 2018 — 4:47 PM
Widdershins says:
Snoobug the Frankencorgi, is perfect! 😀
January 23, 2018 — 9:44 PM