Writing Blog – Writing, ArmadilloCon, and the Power of NO
Yay a random writing blog with 30% less Random! Whee! I can hear the excitement now. (And there was much rejoicing.) So in no particular order – ah, heck, let’s go backwards from the order of the title – mix things up. Can’t you tell I live dangerously? One of the scariest and most liberating [...]
From the Archive – New Year’s Resolutions
It’s that time of year again. New Year. A new year. A new start. It’s the time of the year when a lot of people make grand resolutions to change something major in their life. For most it’s some kind of bad habit or a means to get healthier. For many writers, it’s also a [...]
Writer Blog – Let the Randomness Continue – Conventions Redux
I don’t know where this week has gone. I’ve been messing up the days in my head all week. Yesterday, I would’ve sworn today was Thursday – which meant I should’ve panicked over this YESTERDAY (but yesterday was Tuesday all day). Somehow my brain is just not comprehending Wednesday this week. Go figure. Prepping for [...]
Oh, and the Other Thing…
I got my first “Major League” novel rejection today. As in, one of the Big Six publishers. I have to say (and not just because I’m going to have the opportunity to meet Anne Sowards in a couple of weeks), ACE/ROC has the nicest, politest form rejection emails ever. And they had a very quick [...]
From the Archive – Trolls for Christmas
Yes, it’s Christmas in August – which is nice since it’s been 105 degrees here in Texas lately. Before I get to the archive post, a quick update. There are only a few hours left to register for the Rhodia Notebook. Get commenting. Now…Trolls for Christmas… When you have any kind of presence on the [...]
Writer Post – Publishing is Dead, Jim…Again
I apologize for not getting this up yesterday. It’s been a week… Over the last few weeks, there’s been a lot more Death Knelling over Traditional Print Publishing. OMG! Print is dead. Ebooks rule. Long live the ebook. But is that really the case? There are arguments for and against. JA Konrath made waves when [...]
From the Archive – Respect the Editor
I’ve always said as a writer that I never want to get so big that I’m not edited. I discovered early on in my writer life the value of a good editor, and I only hope that my ego never gets so big that I think I couldn’t benefit from help. Since I’ve been supplementing [...]
Writer’s Blog – Wheaton’s Law Revisited and ApolloCon
So, ApolloCon 2010 rapidly approaches – as in, we leave in less than 48 hours. I’m looking forward to it. But as with any convention approaching, it sparks my brain to things like packing and professionalism. Yes, when it comes to writing, it always seems to come back to professionalism, doesn’t it? I’ve been reading [...]
Works In Progress
Okay, so I’m down to basically my last notebook for catching up of new material. This catching up project still has quite the ways to go, but I’m progressing (and there’s still some editing clean up work to do). I feel good about what’s been accomplished this week. Both the novel projects are DEFINITELY novel [...]
Writerly Post – Getting Back on the Horse – or Wagon
Hey, look at me go, I’m doing my post a touch early this week. Yay! So, as a writer – and in the interest of full disclosure – I’ve mentioned I’ve fallen off my wagon of being a consistently productive writer. I’ve fallen so far off my wagon that even my subconscious got into the [...]
