[Writer Post] Challenges
Last blog post of 2016 and it’s punctuated with loss and some frustration – which I guess sums up 2016 in a nutshell. Loss and frustration. Good things happened, but it’s been a pretty dark year over all. I’m looking forward to 2017. I have PLANS, man. Lots of PLANS. Going to try to shake […]
[Writer Post] More on Amazon v. Publishing
I really don’t know where to begin with this week’s blog post. It’s been one of those sputtering weeks. Days of great productivity (at least in my mind) and days of “not so much”. I have a looming deadline that I’m, at least, picking away at and will meet (darn it!), but other issues raise […]
[Writer Post] Dealing with Technology
Welcome to Wednesday and Writer Blog day. In some ways it’s been a much better week, in other ways, meh. This week is “Technology Hates Rhonda” Week – watch for all the specials on all the “Cool Kid Cable Networks”. FORTUNATELY, it’s still in “annoying” stages and not “Financial Gibbs Slap” stages. I’m very excited […]
[Writer Post] Continuity
It’s Wednesday. It’s a writer blog day again. So far there’s not another huge blow up like the (as of yet unconcluded) Amazon v. Hachette brouhaha. It’s just me today – a very grateful that this week is tons better than last week me – who’s trying to figure out what to write about. I […]
[Spotlight Post][Conventions] SoonerCon 23, June 27-29, 2014
It’s a Friday Spotlight Day. It’s also been a…challenging…week. So, since I buried my SoonerCon schedule in the Wednesday Post, I’m going to repost it, with today’s spotlight being SoonerCon. This is a fun convention. They’ve made some changes in the past couple of years to a (in my opinion) better facility. They’re a great […]
[Writing Post] Amazon Vs. Hachette and SoonerCon Programming
It’s Wednesday, blog day. And after a cranky day yesterday, today is much better. So I’ll weigh in on one hot topic, then proceed to the Happier Stuff – my SOONERCON SCHEDULE! The more or less set in stone one… I’ll put it up again the week of the show. The hot topic issue – […]
[Writing Post] Squirrel Brain, Epub, and Me
Welcome to Texas, we’re in frantic preparations for the possible “Icemeggedon” that could occur on Friday. The Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas isn’t quite as bad as Birmingham was when I lived there. Here there’s just a run on water, milk, bread, firewood – you know the essentials. In Birmingham, that threat induced grocery frenzy […]
[Writer Blog] Thanksgiving and SFWA Pro Rates
In the US, it’s Thanksgiving week, but no matter where you are, know that I’m thankful for all of you. Saw a link on Facebook today that SFWA has raised its pro-rate pay requirement, starting July 1, 2014, to 6 cents/word for short fiction (up from 5 cents/word). Woo. This after it’s been 9 years […]
[Writer Post] Second Guessing and The Eternal Debates
So I just found out about a major reprint anthology looking for submissions. The theme is Women Writing SF. It doesn’t even have to be a “pro” sale publication. I think “Hey, I’m a woman. I write SF. I shall submit something…” No brainer, right? Wrong. Because then I hit the conundrum of “What in […]