I try to say something that makes Ray laugh every time I drop her off at school. I don’t plan these things, I just babble. Today, she said, “Well, mother?” I tried to push her out of the car, but no luck. So I said, “Well, actually, I don’t feel like going anywhere today, so […]
Okay, this isn’t really a book review. This is really personal, self-serving blather. The actual book review is this: Cate Gardner’s collection of short stories makes me incredibly jealous, so jealous, in fact, that I had to put the book down and walk away several times. It’s as though a modern-day woman had picked up
I have theories. Some people, they don’t have theories; they just write. But I have theories. To me, fantasy is psychology. When you decide what a story is about (the theme, if you will), you gather information by reading the story, getting a synopsis of the story, or listening to someone else’s analysis of the
I haven’t been working on a lot of new writing lately, and it’s just killing me, or at least giving me sinus infections. I had a number of things that were all supposed to happen in January/February that haven’t. They’ve been delayed, I’ve delayed them (in one case, due to a bad idea that I
I found out that I’m mentioned in the March/April 2011 issue of Writer’s Digest. I mean, it’s not a huge deal – they have an article on ghostwriting in there, and the company I wrote Choose Your Doom: Zombie Apocalypse for, League Entertainment, is in there, and CYD:ZA is mentioned, with myself and Dante Savelli
We broke off last time at getting your ducks in a row…before you even start writing. I know, I know, you probably won’t take my advice right away. “Surely,” you’ll say, “It’s not necessary to do all THAT before I write a story. I need to be creative! Right! Now!” But that’s exactly why you
Poem: No new poems. 1 rejection, 2 rejections total. Short Stories: Wrote: Open All the Doors (F) The Person who Put Down the Keys (SF) Inappropriate Gifts (F/H) Treif (F/H) (just finished. Haven’t sent out yet) Published: No new stories published. One story, “Miracle, Texas,” accepted by Nil Desperandum. Rejections: 7 for February 21 for
I had a dream last night that I was back at an old job, two jobs ago (there were several people there from one job ago, but hey, it was a dream). There was a big party going on for something or other at work (that job was all about throwing parties for no apparent
You can hate me if you like. Ever since I started freelancing, Sunday nights have not gotten any better; I still dislike them. They’re all about not doing something, and instead getting ready for Monday. But I like Mondays now. It’s this chance to reassess where I am, freelancing, and kind of start all over
So I’ve talked you into it. You’re committed to writing those 10 million new words (or however many you have left, give or take a million). You’re committed to sending your submissions out. But, if you’re like I was, you’re not really sure how to go about it. How do you get a ton of
