As mentioned last time, I created a rough draft for the Unresolved Sexual Tension theme, completed a first pass and was on to my next step: Critique Group. So, I sat down with my crit group last night and passed… Read More ›
Articles
A miscellany of random thoughts, geekery, reviews and other mysterious stuff careening around my addled brain.
Station Break
With the state of things in our nation today – people going gun crazy around D.C. and guys that, like me, pretend to work, getting paid to pretend (unlike me) – I wanted to take a quick break to resolve… Read More ›
Still Unresolved Sexual Tension
This is a continuation of last week’s post. I’m going step by step through my typical process for drafting, editing and submitting a short story. Why? Do I think this will add value to what other writers are doing? Do I… Read More ›
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Going to pop the hood for a second and let everyone see how I work. Wait a minute. Don’t let the salacious title fool you. I’ll get to that in a second. But when I’m referring to work, I’m referring… Read More ›
Proper Care of Your Inner Writer
It’s finally finished. Done. Complete. Shoveled, tamped, screed (I learned new words even during manual labor), placed, jointed, treated and sealed. Our backyard oasis is online after a month of hauling material back and forth from the local home improvement… Read More ›
Nonsocial Week
My hands have been busy this week. Less typing. Less writing. Less posting. I’ll get back on track next week, I swear. This week though, I have been slave to a DIY home improvement (jury still out on the “improvement”… Read More ›
Rejection Numero Uno
I recently received a rejection in response to a query for my novel, Collateral Damage. I’ve been collecting them for short stories for a while, but this one is my first for the novel. It’s oddly satisfying. At this stage,… Read More ›
Why can’t we Duct Tape the Nuke Trigger?
Fencon, a local sci-fi and fantasy convention is write around the corner (Wow. Yes, I did just right that). I attended last year and even signed up for the workshop with Karl Schroeder. Somewhere, buried in the posts, there are… Read More ›
Naked Bigfoot and Future Projects Take 2
For some reason a draft of my post this week was published and the original was gobbled up by some hungry net troll as it tried to traverse its router. Or, more likely, it was me, in a hurry and… Read More ›
Mediocre Reads and You
I recently signed up with Goodreads at the invitation of a friend. Yeah, I’m a bit behind the curve – again. (For those of you that use Goodreads, my author profile is online here.) Feel free to add me as a… Read More ›
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