We spent the weekend visiting Brigid, so I didn’t do any writing this weekend. This represents the longest stretch I’ve gone without creating as least a few words since the year started. So, I guess that’s good. Brigid is doing great, by the way, and it was much fun to see her again. During a […]
Read More ...Author Archive: Ron Collins
Thanks, Eric
I think it’s physically impossible to be in a bad mood when you’re listening to Eric Clapton play the blues. Yeah, I know, the blues are the blues–they’re supposed to be about heartbreak and pain and suffering. But you know it just doesn’t work that way. Blues, when played right, is about recovery and taking […]
Read More ...Quarterly Review
I’ve spent the past day stewing over the decision of what to write next, and in the quiet of the moment I took a look back over the past three months (being a real life corporate type, I figure it’s time for my quarterly review). The results, you ask: Overall, not bad: six new short […]
Read More ...Fixing Things Up
Lisa finished her reading of the last story I completed, and the results are a mixed bag. First, there were relatively few typos and basic copy-editing errors, which is always good (hey, the place isn’t called “The Typosphere” for nothing). But she asked a couple great questions about the story itself which I could answer […]
Read More ...Wired for Words
The last two days have been business days, meaning I’ve put submissions together and got things in the mail. This also includes some final work on tax paperwork I needed to prepare that was not related to writing in any way. Always much fun. I tend to batch my business days like this rather than […]
Read More ...One draft, two draft, three draft, more
I worked my way through the second draft at lunch yesterday, though I suppose it would be more accurate to call it draft 1.5. I did this work on paper, marking up a draft with many (many, many) ink-scrawlings. I left three problems behind that I marked in big pink highlighter. This morning, I went […]
Read More ...Drafts One and Two
The latest tale is drawing to its end. I have a couple items I need to research to make sure I’m getting things right, and I think the last scene still feels kind of tagged on. But it should be done in the next day or two. I think. This is the story I spoke […]
Read More ...Do the Work, Ron
Okay, so I’ve been talking about how I’ve been writing these days by basically just showing up at the keyboard and starting to type, that I pick up the virtual phone and listen to the character, and let the thing happen however it happens. And, yes, I’ve been pretty happy with the results. But…well… This […]
Read More ...A Thousand Words of Clarity
It’s been a week, though it didn’t seem like I got all that much done. And, I guess in reality I didn’t. But, of course, I did. [Geez, Ron, why do you have to make yourself sound so danged dense?] I took the weekend prior “off” to do some tax work, which is certainly done. […]
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