[Spotlight Post] Return of Procrasti-Brain
Welcome to Friday – I have “Procrasti-Brain”. “Procrast-Brain is a condition that hits when you realize you have a ton of things to do in a relatively short period of time and suddenly the house needs cleaning, the closets need reorganizing, and that one misplaced gizmo that you haven’t needed in six months is now […]
[Writer Post] Oh Hey, It’s Wednesday
Oh hey, right, it’s Wednesday… time to get a blog written. I’ve been getting exercise in by raking and bagging leaves (I’m done with leaves now…what’s left in the back yard will become mulch). So now I’m pretty much looking forward to “behind in chair”, kinda done with the moving for a while. I’ve got […]
[Writing Post] Hitting the Ground Running
Oh, hi….I’ve been distracted today and still have stuff to do. It’s shaping up to be an interesting month… if it’s going to be the Chinese version remains to be seen. The big writing news this week – at least in my world – is Gordon van Gelder stepping down from F & SF and […]
[Spotlight Post] Remembering John Manning and Plain Language
Hello, Friday, you’re looking nice (if Holy Cow, COLD – for Texas). It’s seriously time to rethink the Friday Blog Posts – I’ve run out of steam for most of the spotlights. I still want to do a blog post on Friday, but I need to think about alternate topics and themes (and hopefully something […]
[Writing Post] All About the Editing
Welcome to Wednesday. I’m actually going to get a blog post done before Noon today – mainly because for the next three business days, I’m working an evening shift (2-8 pm) – which feels very…odd. So in this first State of the Writer (ish) post, I’m editing/feedback stuff. OH – and happy birthday to Amber […]
[Spotlight Post] Welcome 2015
If you believe in superstitions (or just traditions) – what you do on New Year’s Day is what you’ll be doing all year – for us that’s minor home repairs and eating (could be a lot worse). We also had greens, black eyed peas, and corn-based carbs (in fritters – not bread), so those traditional […]
[Writer Post] Farewell to 2014
Last day of 2014. Wow. Who’d’ve thought we’d ever say that? I remember reading 2014 (and about to be 2015) as dates in Science Fiction. And look, here we are. It’s been a long and winding year. The writing community has seen quite a bit of upheaval in the industry. We’ve said good bye to […]
[Writer Posts] A Slew of Concerning Contracts
I really have to start writing these things the day before… Then they won’t be late and/or rushed. In the last week, I’ve been made aware of a clause that’s been showing up in things like a DC comic related competition, an HBO Game of Thrones competition, and something else I saw today that I […]
[Writing Post] Oops.
I’m so sorry. I missed the Wednesday Writer Post. I WISH I could say that I was working on the story I need to turn in this weekend. But alas, we were Christmas Shopping. This is the big/busy week prepping for holidays (and there’s still day job stuff going on). I am about to input […]
[Writer Post] Professionalism Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
Once more into the breach of Professionalism, really, folks, it’s not just for breakfast anymore. This was a new thing to me and was just… RUDE. I did a very, very small show this past weekend in East Texas. The upshot was I did meet some new folks and was able to spend a little […]