[Writer Post] From Idea to Plan in Three Easy Steps
This week’s blog post…how a random idea can become a “Full-Fledged Plan” in Three Easy Steps. 1. Agree to something you wouldn’t normally do 2. End up with a brain worm of an idea 3. Mention it briefly on Facebook and have it bloom Yeah…that happened yesterday. You see, I had this idea for converting […]
[Writer Post] Jennifer Blanchard’s Recharging Your Creativity Challenge
EDIT: I’m a fact-checking moron…It’s Jennifer BLANCHARD, not Pelland (though Jennifer Pelland has come up with good advice in the past, too). I’m making these changes. So…writing post. This one is actually going to be easier than Monday’s completely brain dead rerun of a pen blog. Nothing newly earth-shattering is taking up my news feeds […]
[Writer Post] The 4th of July Edition
It’s the 4th of July in the US. We celebrate our independence from England with fireworks, cookouts, and avoiding heat for the most part. But this year it’s also Wednesday, and I normally do a writer post on Wednesday. So, this will be short, sweet and to the point so I can get back to […]
[Writer Blog] Part 2 – ApolloCon 2012
Now… On to ApolloCon…it was this past weekend. Many of us were doing back-to-back conventions from differing parts of the country, but I think we managed to keep our energy up and going. Actually not paying for it as much this week as I did after SoonerCon, but am glad for a convention break until […]
[Writer Post] SoonerCon 2012 – More Fun than a Pie in the Face
This Wednesday I’m smack dab between two conventions. I’ve just added two more appearances to my calendar, and hope they go well–both are outside the SF Convention “comfort zone”, but that’s the point of going to them. In early September, I’ll be at The East Texas Book Fest. I’ve paid for a small press table […]
[Writer Post] The Wednesday Post that Almost Wasn’t
Holy Cow, it’s Wednesday. I totally forgot about my blog post. I’m so sorry, y’all. I wish I had a good reason/excuse, but I don’t. It’s a brain burp. That and convention time. We’re getting ready to head out to SoonerCon this weekend with ApolloCon next weekend, so my wee brain is running around in […]
[Writer Post] Ding Dong the Day Job’s Done
Last week I talked about Gelatin Brain. I’m happy to say that mine is starting to de-congeal (it’s a word now). While Jimmy was hobnobbing with the artistically famous and talented, I finally managed to get some work done on the novel. And though progress stumbled a little bit with the work-week, I did manage […]
[Writer Post] The Whedon Effect
The Whedon Effect (not to be confused with Wheaton’s Law) is seriously turning into a “Thing”. I know it didn’t start with Joss Whedon, but he’s the creator who’s perfected this… this “stop it or I’ll have to beat you with your box office receipts” thing. What I am now calling “The Whedon Effect” affects […]
[Writer Post] Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
This month will be a challenge for me. I won’t be anywhere near my “comfort zone” for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week – and it started with a less scary version of stepping out last weekend. Comfort Zone “Yikes” is the temporary “responsible adult” job I ended up starting on Monday. It’s […]
[Writer Post] Topsy-Turvy Writing World
It’s Wednesday, and the writing world is both the same and different. There is definitely a Good News/Bad News balance trying to work itself out, but in odd ways. Personal news: Though I had a fiction piece rejected this week, I’m very pleased to announce that I have a NON-FICTION essay/article accepted for publication in […]