admin | March 31, 2009
My wife and I had just a bit of chaos to deal with tonight. Okay, “chaos” is a strong word, but I guess I see anything that interferes with my writing routine as “chaos.” What happened was, we had trouble with the garbage disposal in the kitchen. The disposal backed up, the water in the [...]
admin | March 30, 2009
As of tonight, I’m four words shy of the 75,000-word mark on my current novel. In other words, by tomorrow, the end of the month, I’ll be three-quarters of the way done. Which leaves one quarter yet to write in April. Which feels pretty good. Yet it’s challenging at the same time. A lot of [...]
admin | March 29, 2009
Whoosh! Hear that? It’s the sound of the weekend disappearing! One minute, it’s glorious Friday afternoon, and the weekend’s laid out before me like a banquet. The next minute, it’s trickling away, and all that’s left are twelve minutes. But I guess I can’t complain. Yesterday, I finished all my taxes, which is a serious [...]
admin | March 28, 2009
That’s right! You read the title correctly! My 2008 taxes are all done! Finally!! Today, I finished and mailed my federal and state tax returns, then finished all three of my local tax returns! What a relief! This tax season gave me a real headache. It’s always tough getting done with my taxes, but this [...]
admin | March 27, 2009
Lately, I’ve had a change of perspective when it comes to e-mail queries. For a while now, I’ve assumed that if an editor or agent does not reply to my e-mail, he or she isn’t interested in my work. Silence equals “no,” right? Seemed pretty obvious. However, recently, this subject has come up on a [...]
admin | March 26, 2009
When will I get my act together? When will I learn to make the most of my time, ensuring I give the necessary weight each week to writing my new novel, marketing my existing ones, taking care of writing-related financials, and reading to keep learning and tuning my creative machine? Beats me. I’m nowhere near that [...]
admin | March 25, 2009
As I continue plugging away on the current novel (which I can’t wait to tell you about, but superstition dictates I wait till it’s all done), my mind is wandering to thoughts of travel. I know, tres obvious. I feel locked down by the heavy work of writing the book, so naturally I want to [...]
admin | March 24, 2009
I hope you’ll check out the excerpt from my crazy novel, Dick, on the Authonomy website. Here’s the link: http://www.authonomy.com/ReadBook.aspx?bookid=6998#chapter
I’d appreciate it if you could drop by the site, register for an account (it costs nothing but a little of your time) and check out my book. It would be even better if you could [...]
admin | March 23, 2009
Here’s an affliction I inevitably come down with during any long writing project: whatever I’m working on, I want to be working on something else. I’ll be chugging along, making solid progress on the latest novel (as I am now) and suddenly, I’ll start daydreaming about a different project. The other project seems so much [...]
admin | March 22, 2009
I watched the big Battlestar Galactica series finale Friday night, and it was great! Even better after I had a day or two to think it over. The writers and producers did a fantastic job of wrapping everything up, though they still left a mystery or two hanging after the end. (Who is Kara Thrace, [...]
The Fictioneer will be appearing at World Fantasy 36, set for October 28-31, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio.
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