[Writer Post] ConDFW, SFWA, and Distractions
Welcome to Writer Post Wednesday. This has been a Super-Squirrel Week. My focus has been…lacking. Part of it is coming down to the last show of my Winter Marathon (ConDFW starts in about 48 hours). Part of it is Texas Weather Roulette – last week ice and snow; this week, Spring. Go figure. Part of […]
[Writer Post] Wednesday Ramble
It’s Wednesday, and my family has had a series of body blows already this week, but looking forward to an awesome weekend at Sci Fi Expo. My emergency order of books came in early, so I’m well stocked and ready to meet new people – I also have a new piece of promotional gear that […]
[Writer Post] Collaborations and Helio-Con 1
Oh, hi… It’s Wednesday. I kinda forgot there for minute. I was busy working on a chapter for a collaborative project that I need to get back to my writing partner. Fortunately, the wrinkle I came up with shouldn’t mess with him too much – and I ran it past him, first. Because that’s just […]
[Writer Post] What Rings True
It’s Wednesday, that’s a blog day. And this is running towards late because I had something to do at lunch, and now here we are. As I’ve mentioned a bajillion times so far, I’m reading Wonderbook by Jeff Vandermeer. Vandermeer is a wise man. In his introduction he says something that is ABSOLUTE GOLD in […]
[Writer Post] Twas a Ranty Wednesday Before Christmas
Hello Wednesday. Nice of you to drop by – keep the camel droppings to a minimum, would ya? And it does seem to be kind of that day. Finally getting Christmas in full swing, this one is a bit chaotic since it was already a short run up and then losing half a week to […]
[Writer Post] How Much is Too Much – An Icemeddon Question
Welcome to the Post-Icemeggedon Wednesday Writer Post. It’s been a week, let me tell ya. After not seeing the sun for days on end – and having the gray skies blend with the bright white sleet/ice/snow mixture, it’s nice to see blue skies again. I feel for every event organizer who had to cancel or […]
[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 […]