Well, Squiders, we’ve talked about fandom a bit in the past, but I’ve had a rather worrying bout of it recently. (Not even about anything specific. Just…stuff.) You see, I am going to a con in mid-June and not only
To Word Count or Not to Word Count
So, after last Thursday’s post I got to thinking. And I realized that word count is a major indicator of progress to me. And I also realized that this is probably because I didn’t start finishing novel drafts until I
Now What?
Happy May Day, Squiders! (The expression in of itself amuses me. I am easily amused.) Well, April went quite well. I got all four projects done (including my novel draft which I am apparently still hung up on) and wrote
Twitter Book Clubs
So, a week or so ago, I was talking to Siri, and she mentioned that she and some people she’d been talking to on Twitter were going to read a book I had expressed interest in, and she invited me
Origins and Interlude
Well, squiders, I’m still in sort of a weird mood due to finishing my draft. I get kind of bogged down at the end of a project, and weirdly nostalgic, and I read through all sorts of things–story notes, the
Online Education and Story Research
I’m going to tell you guys about this, because apparently this is a well-kept secret. You can take college-level courses for free on the internet. Kit, I hear you say, what does this have to do with writing and/or reading?
The Foundation Trilogy Readalong: Foundation and Empire
Moving on in our Foundation readalong, today we’re going to discuss the second book, Foundation and Empire. Last time, with Foundation, I speculated about how Asimov had written the book, and the answer was given to me in a forward
When Things You Love Betray You
Have you ever really loved something, only to have that thing/person/band/television show/etc. do something that so completely turns you off you have to just cut them out of your life? And you feel silly about it, because it’s just a
RSS Feeds
Well, Squiders, I did a whole bunch of marketing research before Shards was released. And some of the research I did told me that I should set up a reader and subscribe to RSS feeds that I could then use
Getting Left Brain All Over My Right-Brained Activities
Have they disproved the whole right brain/left brain thing? I think they probably have but ANYWAY. And I apologize again for the spate of writing-related posts lately. I’d like to do more reading/genre/media ones, but it turns out that, while
