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 ›
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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 ›
A Thank You for Supporting my Unseemly Habit of Scribbling Nonsense
Being a creative person is interesting. I was going to say difficult but really, it’s mainly just interesting. You have to accept the fact you are a bit different from the rest of the world (when you don’t, only then… Read More ›
Leaving the First Circle Behind
For an entire month I stepped away from my novel. At the beginning of July, I sent a digital bundle of what could only be described as a piece of myself to a handful of beta readers. I tried my… Read More ›
My Thoughts on How I Wrote My First Person Novel with My Fingers on My Keyboard
Alternately titled “Thoughts on Writing in First Person” Having completed a novel that relies heavily on the first person point of view and having read quite a few novels that do the same, I’d like to share my experiences as… Read More ›
Do Movies Always Need a Script?
Pacific Rim delivered what was promised – giant robots beating the phosphorescent guts out of giant monsters. Was this a good movie? Well, I’d call it Armageddon meets the second half of the Avengers, but minus the genius of Joss… Read More ›
In the Works…
Well, I shopped around a story about a zombie until I had collected enough rejections to wallpaper my office. Okay, not nearly that many, but quite a few. Most were positive and of the rare “personal rejection” variety. For those… Read More ›
RUSS LINTON 