It encourages me when I add up the actual numbers, so I’m going to to that more often. I feel like I don’t accomplish anything, looking at it on a day-to-day basis, because I always plan to get more done, and fail. Ah, brains. They’re funny that way. Short Stories in 2010 Short stories written: …
All, I have a request. This is the time of year that I gather a lot of my TBR list for the next year (I throw it all on a wish list and check my library as the current stack gets low). What were 10 best books that you read in 2010? They don’t have …
I don’t usually do holiday commemorative posts, unless it’s “here’s the recipes for the food we ate” kind of thing, and then I usually put them up on my food blog. The reason for this is that holidays are usually either a) satisfying in a boring kind of way, or b) difficult to talk about. …
I had a writer ask me this question in my slush queue, after I rejected his story. (I told him the story wasn’t what the editor was probably looking for and it had some other issues, which I gave him my opinion on, briefly.) I thought other writers might get something out of the answer, …
I take New Years’ Resolutions semi-seriously; I treat it as a chance to stop and assess where I am as a writer. I don’t usually post about my goals, though, not because they’re private, but because I have felt that I’m not good enough at writing to possibly succeed at the wild goals I have. …
I hear this question: Is steampunk dead? (Actually, I hear, “Is it dead yet? Now is it dead yet? How about now?) I’m going to set aside the issue of whether I like steampunk or not. I think ~punk will continue to evolve. Other ~punks, like dieselpunk, are shoving their way onto the scene; whether …
I’ve formatted three books for Lulu.com now (for private use only), and I’m going to record my lessons here, mostly for my own benefit, because I keep having to look things up! Lulu.com is a place where you can self-publish your own books; I’ve been using it to make copies of books for gifts. Part …
In all honor of Tom T. Hall, I hereby make this satire: In some of my songs I have casually mentioned The fact that I like to eat brains This little song is more to the point Roll out the corpse and don’t mind the stains… I like brains. They’re good gray, pink, or pus-rotted …
You’re probably not reading this unless you, too, worked on NaNoWriMo this year. I had a blast; I hope you did, too. But now, I must analyze and rant. No, you may not read what I wrote yet. I mean, you could read it, if you wanted to see what my first drafts look like, …