Today, I managed to gut out about 1600 words by writing in fits and starts all day long. That hits the daily goal and makes up some ground for the deficit I left yesterday. The Aether Age story, now titled Goga’s First Law, now stands at 3763 words, and will… Continue reading
At writers group last night, Lejon Johnson gave my NaNoSorTa a new name. The big deal in November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Lejon dubbed this February effort RiNoWriMo, Rick Novy Writing Month. So be it. In a perfect world, every month is RiNoWriMo. But this is life. And… Continue reading
I need a kick in the pants to get writing again. November’s NaNoWriMo was very productive for me. I finished over 52,000 words in 30 days. Writing between 1600 and 2000 words a day (with one massive 4000 word day) felt good. It felt productive, I felt useful, and I… Continue reading
I love when writers I know from cyberspace show up in Phoenix and I get to meet them face to face. Two writers I know from Codex showed up during a book tour last November. John Brown I have known electronically for several years. Larry Correia I’ve known electronically for… Continue reading
Sometimes a surprise comes in the mail. Today I received my third Writers of the Future certificate for finishing as honorable mention. WOTF is funny that way. I have placed at Honorable Mention (or Quarter Finalist, as it used to be known) nine times. I have received three certificates. The… Continue reading
I went into last week with three classes to teach at the local community college. By thursday, two had been canceled due to low enrollment, and one had been take by a full timer who lost a class due to low enrollment. Friday I picked up two new classes at… Continue reading
I got the sweetest P.S. in a SFWA-related email today in my capacity as moderator of the Nebula Suggested Reading list. PS: I loved “Catalyst” — but I want it to be the beginning of something much longer — I mean, Jarimath’s fate could be a novel in and of… Continue reading
So what did I accomplish this year? It sure feels like it wasn’t very much, but here are some milestones. 1. Thirteen short fiction works were published in some form during 2009.2. My first stand-alone book, “Winter,” was published by Sam’s Dot Publishing, featuring my novelette Winter and a reprint… Continue reading
Over the past several days, I have been “enjoying” the cold my daughters brought home from school and gave me for Christmas. It’s been a nasty headcold that I am now on the recovery end of. I feel pretty fortunate that it hasn’t developed into a sinus infection (yet). On… Continue reading
Due to the fact that I have lost 16 days I could have used to complete a video project, I spent the entire day today trying to get the job done. I am pretty much finished with the linear part. All that remains is to add the menu and associated… Continue reading
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