I’m working on fixing up a book so I can continue submitting to agents with it. The process has gone a little like this: Step 1. Write Book. Step 2. Edit Book. Step 3. Write Query Letter/Synopsis. Step 4. Submit
The Need for Focus
Thanks, everyone, for your kind words. I appreciate them. (The Landsquid does as well, though he’d never admit it.) I think part of the problem is a lack of focus on my part. This ties in a little with Friday’s
When the Doubts Hit
We all hit these low points, the ones following some sort of disappointment (or sometimes not), where you stare at what you’re doing and wonder if you should just give up. If it’s worth it to keep going for rewards
Writing Tools: Netbooks
Oh, Friday posts. You are always written early. I have had five computers that were “mine.” The first was a Pentium III desktop, a gift from my father to take to college in 2001. Even then it was a bit
The TV, It Does Nothing
I have a confession. I don’t really watch TV. There’s a variety of reasons for this – but the main ones are that I don’t like to sit still for any length of time and that I have better things
What Ifs
Yesterday I took my first business trip with my new job. I fly fairly often, but it makes me nervous. (Unnecessarily so. I am, as I have mentioned before, an aerospace engineer. I know how commercial aircraft work. In terms
Ghost Stories
I have been reading a ridiculous amount of ghost stories lately. Usually in the bright daylight, because I’m the sort of person that will freak myself out and then I will end up spending the night with the lights on
Vampires and Other Creatures that Lurk in the Night
Hm. Longest post title ever? Mayhaps! I recently won a book in a contest. It’s a collection of short stories called The Poison Eaters by Holly Black. Some of her novels are on my TBR list but this was my
Word Count Challenges
Every April since 2006, I’ve been participating in a writing challenge known as April Fool’s. You can choose your word count goal – anything from 500 words to 300,000. (Or more, if you really want, but that’s already 10K a
Turning on the Backburner
I’ll let you in on a secret. I’m not here. When this goes up Friday morning, I will be far away from here, hopefully most if not all the way up a mountain. “What does that have to do with
