All right, so, NaNo 2003 proved one thing: I can finish a novel, right? So I’m all set and can just charge forth with this novel-writing thing. Right? Yeah, not […]
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Path to Publication, Part II: Early Days Of Writing Garbage
So, way back in 2000, I was talking a certain amount of talk about the idea of writing novels, and had a number of little snippets of stories. Fits and […]
Read moreAnd now… breathe
So, that happened. There’s pretty much nothing I can post today that wouldn’t be a come-down after that enormous news. That’s all right, because that news is big enough for […]
Read moreA New Year and a New Horizon
At this point I usually like to talk about What’s To Come in my intended year. But first, let’s look at what my goals were last year at this time: […]
Read moreWay of the Shield, and the Geena Davis Rule: 2013 in Review, Part Two
The next big milestone of accomplishments in 2013 as finishing the draft of Way of the Shield, cleaning it up and sending it off to the agent. He just recently […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Fanfic of Yourself
I was thinking about one of my trunked projects, Crown of Druthal, as well as the process of novel midwifery that has brought Banshee to the point where it is […]
Read moreTools of the Writer: Growing with the times
You know, way, way back in the day– by which I mean high school– I did my writing on WordPerfect, using the 8088 PC-clone that I had at the time. […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Clavicle and other crucial word choices
This week’s work on Banshee brought me to an interesting point, somewhat unintentionally. In brief, my main character, Lt. Samantha Kengle, was injured on a mission (a nasty creature managed […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Hooks and Investment
Let’s talk for a moment about Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, possibly the biggest disappointment of the current season of television. And it was the biggest disappointment because the expectations were […]
Read morePerils of the Writer: Disasters Big and Small
Little things can throw kinks in your day. A speeding ticket throws you ten minutes behind (and a minor headache to deal with). Ten minutes behind means you’re now in […]
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