…As a short story writer, that is. I am making a serious effort to get better at short stories; a novel is a novel is a novel, but when I want to get into the fine edge of fiction, I read short stories. I love them. Especially horror short stories. My favorite work of horror […]
This is not how to talk to me. These are tips I’ve picked up on how to talk to other writers. Although I’m sure the same tricks would work on me. Okay. Keep in mind that writers are people first, readers second, and writers third. What? Writers are readers before they’re writers? Even Anne Rice
C42 Chance done: "His voice sounded strange in his own ears; he wasn’t sure whether it was his voice or his ears." # Six more chapters… # @mknippling Good luck to you and your wonderful wife 🙂 in reply to mknippling # Wait…one whole Monday went by with no rejections. That's okay, I just got
I just got another rejection on Alien Blue from an editor; it was the best rejection I’ve ever received, because it was both true and flattering. The editor said she liked the book–but there was no market for it now. THEN she said I should think about writing something with series potential in the urban
Cribbage and ribs yesterday. A good day. We ended up with extra girl, though. # Lee is becoming an espresso master. The sucky foam-producing capabilities on the machine are limiting his foaminess, though. # And this was the best rib sauce yet. # I get most of my news off Twitter now. Weird. # I'm
I got permission from the publisher, League Entertainment, to announce this yesterday. Greedily, I sat on the news for a while, savoring it all my lonesome. (Actually, I told myself I had to get my work done for the day before I could send it out, then beat my head against the wall for several
I finally got caught up on my short stories in my spreadsheet today. Bad writer! Bad! Here are the short story rejections I’ve received from April-present: 12* Here are the stories I’ve finished since April (8), when I started purposefully doing more of them: The Cargo of the Gods (SF) People Juice (Crime) The Cliff
What if you couldn't hire an accountant if you were bad at taxes? # What if you couldn't hire a decorator unless you knew your color wheel? # What if you couldn't hire a secretary unless you could prove you were a PowerPoint master? # I don't expect the clients to be able to communicate
Things are getting closer with the League Entertainment book. Check out the “Member Blogs” section… www.leagueent.com And, soon… www.doompress.com
A few days ago, I had a breakthrough with my latest novel, currently called A Chance Damnation. I had been plugging along with more or less success, turning the occasional nice phrase, moving the plot along, etc. Then, suddenly, I had no connection to my characters. I couldn’t feel them, couldn’t imagine what they were doing. I
