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• Mash-ups and Mud Wrestling

  By Russ Linton on February 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  I had a productive writing week. I managed to crank out a 5k word short story and get it sent off to the publisher. Now, as usual, I get to try to ignore the fact I sent it and wait… Read More ›

• What Color is Your Cape?

  By Russ Linton on February 11, 2013 • ( 2 )

  As is obvious, I’ve been neglecting my blog the past week. The really great, terrific, unbelievable news is that I got the first draft of my current major project done. 96k words which is about 20k over my first goal,… Read More ›

• RED ALERT! ALL HANDS! WOOP WOOP!

  By Russ Linton on February 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  For a few hours on Tuesday night, my site was hijacked. The template was all messed up and across the top of the screen was a banner saying “your Internet Explorer version is out of date” or some nonsense. (It… Read More ›

• Scrivener Collections

  By Russ Linton on January 25, 2013 • ( 3 )

  Apart from my crit group, the other secret weapon in my arsenal is an excellent piece of software called Scrivener. Honestly, if I had a folder full of Word docs or worse, piles and piles of dead tree to dig through,… Read More ›

• Blog Post Day

  By Russ Linton on January 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  Today is blog post day. I want to call a snow day. Mental freeze. Icy conditions. I need to hang a sign on the blog here that says “Writing: Will be back in two weeks.” I’m past any word count I… Read More ›

• The Next Big Thing Blog Tour

  By Russ Linton on January 9, 2013 • ( 4 )

  I was recently contacted by fellow writer Alex Chase and asked to participate in the “Next Big Thing” blog tour. Alex has some excellent stories in print with a shared publisher, Siren’s Call Publications. If you haven’t already, check out their series… Read More ›

• Obligatory New Year’s Post

  By Russ Linton on January 2, 2013 • ( 4 )

  We survived a Mayan Apocalypse, a stalemated congress, and another year of the Kardashians still managing to grab headlines (Mayan apocalypse be damned, this is indeed a sign of the end of days.) To celebrate that fact, I threw a party…. Read More ›

• Tragedy Doesn’t Have to Beget Tragedy

  By Russ Linton on December 18, 2012 • ( 0 )

  Everyone is talking about it. No place is safe, not even here at my normally witty, smart ass blog which is normally about writing and enjoying life. I wanted to avoid it and let everyone get their media fix elsewhere,… Read More ›

• Puttering About…

  By Russ Linton on November 27, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Question for you – what do Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Paycheck, Next, Screamers, and The Adjustment Bureau all have in common? Anyone? They were all Hollywood movies? Sort of a grab bag. Some were regrettable, others became… Read More ›

• Prophecy of Numbers

  By Russ Linton on November 16, 2012 • ( 1 )

  I wrote the short story “Prophecy of Numbers” earlier this year and was pretty sure most editors would pass on it. It’s bizarre, more than a little bit deranged, and not to mention, it floats around on an anchor of religion and… Read More ›