For some reason, while I was out for my run today, I had one of those brilliant flashes of insight that end up sounding kind of lame when approached from a more rational direction. Here’s the insight: Writers don’t write stories. See what I mean? But let me explain. When I sit down and write, […]
I’m messing around with my outline and pitch (query letter) for my NaNoWriMo novel this year, because 1) when I’m lost, I want stuff to go back to, as in “tell me why I’m doing this to myself again?” and 2) It takes me a loooong time to write pitches and queries, and I generally
I’m a Johnny-come-lately when it comes to zombies. I’m okay with that, because I tend to see them a bit differently than the people who dealt with them originally; I think zombies are funny, and public tastes seem to be with me at the moment. Sure, zombies are scary – but they’re funny, too. People talk
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What does it mean when you’re relieved when you lose a story? When it’s just too much to contemplate reading it again? Let alone editing it? I find I had a hard time dealing with some of my darker predictions. They seemed like simple math, a tale born of the inevitable. Does it mean that
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Another link to a heads’ up for Choose Your Doom: Zombie Apocalypse. The author blogs about writing at EdwardGordon.com.
Remember the yummy recipes I posted about Valabar’s feast from Dzur? They’re started to spread.
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A have a flash fiction piece up at Terribleminds, Chuck Wendig’s site, “Vacation Day at Wonderland Simulations.” Go check it out!
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A review of the book is up at Vampire Kisses. Well, I’m not sure if it’s a book review or a prelude to a book review. But wheeee! Update: Here’s the actual review. I don’t think it’s possible to have someone say something nicer or more inspiring to keep writing: “Being an adult you forget
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It’s on my mind. It’s on a bunch of people’s minds.* Everyone who does National Novel Writing Month is getting ready for it, so it should surprise you, if you follow writers’ blogs, that we’re nattering on about it. What we’re doing, how we’re going to do it. Tips on getting started. Professional writers are
