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• The Business of Creating Stuff

  By Russ Linton on April 13, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Writing can be a wonderful hobby. Releasing those inner imaginings, freeing them into the wild, whether on public display or not can mean so many things on a personal level to the writer that publication is often an unnecessary or… Read More ›

• Lost in Revisions

  By Russ Linton on April 4, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Well, I’m not lost narratively. I’m lost in the process and haven’t been posting much blog-wise. I’m actually enjoying it. Tightening things, getting stuff just right. I think I might have rushed the end because I was looking forward to… Read More ›

• Late to the Reaping

  By Russ Linton on March 20, 2013 • ( 3 )

  Here I am, late to the party again. I just got back from a road trip and along the way I listened to book one of the Hunger Games. I know, old news. I’m not going to review the book… Read More ›

• There’s an App for THAT?!

  By Russ Linton on March 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

  I was thinking of Arthur C. Clarkes’ Third Law, that any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I’m tossing around ideas for a fantasy novel and as my roots of fantasy are not only in novels but RPGs, I… Read More ›

• Romancing the Genres

  By Russ Linton on February 28, 2013 • ( 5 )

  We have a tradition with our crit group. Every Tuesday night, we gather to critique each other’s work and then a bunch of us will slip off to a local bar for our after party. It’s not what you think…. Read More ›

• ConDFW XII

  By Russ Linton on February 19, 2013 • ( 2 )

  Back from a weekend of sci-fi / fantasy literature panels at ConDFW. It seemed a little smaller this year though that may have been due to the new venue. There was gaming, costumes, and a fairly solid line-up of panels… Read More ›

• 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 ›