So I had another one of those big-picture insights. I wish I had an interesting story about how it came about, but I don’t. I was just sitting in front of the computer working on an outline for a client and…pop! It happens sometimes, you know. I have a brain like a computer. You set …
OVERALL The best people to get fiction writing advice from are long-term professional writers who have been supporting themselves through their fiction work for 15+ years, publishing at least a book a year (therefore not relying on a fluke). Short story collection = 1 book. Other types of writing (e.g., graphic novels) don’t count. Therefore …
So far, one of the major differences I’ve noticed between Colorado Springs and Denver (other than the fact of neighborhoods, which is a concept that’s halfway between a sports team and a social class, who knew?) is that infrastructure is far, far more important. In Colorado Springs, I went: Just look at the goddamn roads. Look …
James Aquilone writes fun, fast, funny, and twisty fiction; I’m thinking this is gonna be good. He’s doing a Kickstarter on the project to a) make sure he raises interest in the series, b) pay for illustrations, and c) streeeetch toward funding an audiobook. Read a sample of the book below–and check out some of …
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So I’m forty-two now. When I turned forty, I didn’t suffer from any extra insight into life or anything; I certainly didn’t have a mid-life crisis, unless you want to count having some random thoughts that I hadn’t accomplished much for my age. Then I remembered how much time I spent trying to be the …
So I’m only writing this down because my subconscious is insisting on it; I’ve been struggling with my actual, pays-me-money writing for the last two days straight, trying to fight off the urge to blog about this. Because it is so supremely nutty. (Don’t say that, you can’t say that, people will think you’re even more …
The fluorescent lights sound like bug zappers up and down the hallway. Everything smells of chlorine bleach and lemon-pine cleaner, so strong your eyes sting and your taste buds shut down. The floor shifts underfoot. Your husband tells you, jovially, that the constant sensation of feeling the ocean moving underneath you will eventually go away.The …
I hadn’t realized that not everyone bothers to look at people’s shoes when they people watch, so let me make some notes here. I’m pretty sure this is a combination of something that Kris & Dean said, plus a couple of acting classes I took in college. People watching. In general, people watching is fun …
So. The word is that the Choose Your Doom: Zombie Apocalypse ebook is delayed but still in progress. The second printing is up and running. You can find a copy here on Amazon: HOWEVER, if you’re a Goodreads member, the last of the first edition print books are on sale here for $6.50 plus …
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Today begins the November Kobo promotion, focusing on Romance, Thrillers, SF/F/H. My current title in the promo is my lovely horror/Weird Western novel, Chance Damnation, which, when I think about it, is really one long piece of sarcasm about how some people have trouble coping with change–even if they are in the middle of inflicting …
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