Writing
NaNoWriMo 2022 In Review
Well, it’s over, and it’s time to review.
This past year I had set a personal goal of 100K words for NaNoWriMo. I can now say that I wrote a 100,370 word novel. Here are my thoughts. Read More…
This past year I had set a personal goal of 100K words for NaNoWriMo. I can now say that I wrote a 100,370 word novel. Here are my thoughts. Read More…
Being a Genre Writer
Every time I meet someone, be it a person off the street or another writer, the question I get asked first is, “What do you write?”, or “What genre do you write?”
That's a troublesome question to answer. Read More…
That's a troublesome question to answer. Read More…
Wasting Time WIth NaNoWriMo 2022
Time flies. The older you are, the faster it flies. We are weeks away from November, and that means NaNoWriMo.
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The Morning After C3
10/03/22 10:52 Filed in: Writing | C3 Conference
Do you know how it feels when you wake up after a long night of partying and mind-numbing drinking? Neither do I. Because that’s not how I feel this morning.
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Scavenger Hunt - Writing Process
08/10/22 09:41 Filed in: Writing | Scavenger Hunt
Yes, yes, I know. I haven’t been updating this blog as often as I should, and I need to explain. I don’t blog to garner more “followers” or make more money. I blog when I have something I feel is interesting or important enough to say. Even though a lot may be happening in the writing part of my life, often I don’t feel any of it is worthy of a post. I have something new that is worth a post. Read More…
NaNoWriMo 2021 - Day 12 - Winner
I won NaNoWriMo this past Friday, by crossing the 50K word mark. I made it with 50,007. Read More…
State of Affairs
10/03/21 09:22 Filed in: Writing
It's time for an update. It's also almost time for NaNoWriMo. Read More…
My New Release
It’s been a busy and eventful writing week. In a good way.
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Changes
This post is tangentially related to writing. It's about balance in life which impacts both your life and writing. Read More…
Improving Beats
I've decided on a new format for planning and documenting story beats. This will help me; maybe you as well.
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Emotional Writing
I realize I'm not very good at writing emotional scenes, and plan to do something about it. Read More…
More Planning & Editing
03/26/21 10:02 Filed in: Space Opera | Noir
I spent the last week editing my noir and continuing to plan my space opera. When do I know I'm done? Read More…
Short Fiction
About a month ago I became intrigued by the concept of flash fiction. I'm now a proponent and begun writing it. Here's what I learned. Read More…
My Ego-Ownership Problem
I’ve been writing a first-person story and in the middle of a page I needed to denote a person’s relationship to a person as being equal and bi-directional in a single word. I couldn’t find one in English. This made me dig into why this is. Here’s what I came up with.
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Five Things I Wish I Knew
02/05/21 09:02 Filed in: Writing | motivation
People (authors) are often asked, “What’s the one thing you wish you knew when you were starting out [dangling preposition/sic]? Or, what would you recommend to people who are fledgling writers? Read More…
New Year, New Goals
It’s a new year. Happy New Year. The holidays are over and that means it is time to get back to work. Read More…
Back In the Flow
Life moves on and so do I. I’ve had to deal with family issues, putting my mom into a nursing home and taking care of her house. It’s been a stressful and disruptive time for me. But, I resolved the difficult bits and I can now try to get back to normality.
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