It’s World Series time, and I figure it’s time to celebrate with a special deal! If you’re into the Tigers or the Giants, I’m sure you figure this is the best time of the year. And if you’re not, we’ll … there’s always the Hot Stove League. I decided that the best way to help […]
Read More ...Steady Work
It was a strange weekend–quiet, but between writing, work, the health club, and a few personal things it felt like it was very busy. Such is life, though. Time flies. I picked up another ten pages on episode five this morning. I’ve got one more kink to work out, then I think the rest is […]
Read More ...Restructuring, and the Return of the Count
I spent this morning’s writing time completing the basic restructuring of episode five based on my learnings of the past couple days. I definintely think the flow in the first third of the piece works better, though I think I have some more fine-tuning to do in the bottom third. This one’s turning out to […]
Read More ...Two Days Reading
If you’re following this fairly sporadic blog, you know that I’m working on separating a pair of novels into their novella-length components. I’m doing this because they breathe better this way (that’s how they were originally envisioned), and because some editorial feedback has suggested the work is good at its core. I’ve made it to […]
Read More ...Review: The Master
SPOILER ALERT – THIS POST CONTAINS STORYLINE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MOVIE “THE MASTER” … GO AWAY IF YOU DON’T WANT TO READ ABOUT IT, HENCE SPOIL YOUR EXPERIENCE … YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED ———————- I went into “The Master” thinking it was a thinly veiled story about L. Ron Hubbard. Having spent two weeks in […]
Read More ...Tobias Buckell: The Role Model
So, today I’m thinking about Tobias Buckell. This is because he’s the bastard who’s responsible for this crap. (Note, I know I can use this kind of profanity regarding Tobias because he’s all about the authentic, ya know?) You see, I was going to the health club yesterday and I was kind of dragging tail. […]
Read More ...a Dozen Days of Honky Tonk
Here’s how my brain works sometimes. While I was getting ready to work today, the radio played the Rolling Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women.” I was grooving out to it like I kinda do because I’m a big Stones fan and all that, when I got to thinking about how old that song is. It turns […]
Read More ...Photo From the Conference
Here’s me in the lobby of the Crump Theater during the Bartholomew County Writer’s Conference. It was great fun to be at a conference with participation of so many different types of writers. (Photo via Suzanne Purewal) Kimberly and Paul Hoffman, Me, Darby Rae, Suzanne Purewal, and Leigh Savage. Share Me
Read More ...BCW Conference, and a Fun Toy
I spent yesterday at the Bartholomew Country Writer’s Conference (sponsored by Pen It! magazine), which was a great time. I met several writers I hadn’t had the pleasure of meeting, and heard a ton of advice–some I agreed with, and some, of course, that I didn’t. But that’s the way it goes, eh? Us folks […]
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