Cedar Writes

Category: writing

  • It's the Little Things

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    It’s my day over at Mad Genius Club, and I have recommendations on making your work better through the application of research, and dark humor.

  • A Declaration of Purpose

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    It’s my day over at Otherwhere Gazette. Ever wondered why you should bother with science fiction and fantasy? Because it can change the world!

  • Dragon Noir: Snippet 4

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    I am at LTUE this morning, looking forward to a day full of scintillating conversation and educational panels. So I’ll leave this with you all to enjoy. Remember, you can start the snippets here, and this is a rough draft.  The boy’s face was transparent as glass. I could see his thoughts chasing themselves around in…

  • Choices for Readers

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    It’s a fresh bright shiny new week… so why do I feel like I’ve been dragged through a keyhole backwards? I’m facing a week of abnormal schedule, and heavy homework and… So what do I decide to do? Looks back at the words she’s written. Abuse the ellipsis, it seems. Seriously, though. I have two…

  • Eat This While You Read That: Peter Grant

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    I came up with a wild idea for my Sunday food blogs. What if I combined three of my favorite things into one place? Cooking, photography, and reading? It started with an inkling of an idea when a fellow author posted an exuberant review of a dish he’d made. It grew into a wild hare…

  • Dragon Noir: Snippet 3

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    You can find the first snippets here, and here. As always, this is a raw first draft, and may (certainly will!) contain errors. Feel free to leave me a note in the comments, but this has revisions and editors to see before it is published. Sorry, guys, no cover art yet… probably end of February…

  • A Confluence of Art and Writing

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    I know I’ve talked many times about my favorite webcomics, but I’m coming back to it again. For one thing, they are a daily habit. With my morning cuppa, I skim through anywhere from 2 to ten webcomics. For another thing, I said somewhere else recently that I never read comic books as a child.…

  • Hugo Nomination Time

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    Brad Torgerson has created an excellent list over at his blog, the Sad Puppies slate. As I said last year, this is a great guideline, but nominate the works you think best. Not most likely to win, BEST. Once, the Hugo was an award that meant something, and now, it’s handed out as a party…

  • Indie Authors Represent

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    I’m talking about Indie over there today, so you might want to take the time to look not only at my highlights, but the deeper data of the Author Earnings Report. I’ll do a short post later today on other topics. Have to think of something, but I am prepping for a gig this morning.

  • Review: I’m Just Here for the Food

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    This is a review of a series of books, actually. They are books I have prominently displayed on a shelf, and they are among the very few books in my house that get pulled out and consulted frequently. I also write in them: notes, dates, and adjustments. I’m talking, of course, about the cookbooks I…

  • Review: I'm Just Here for the Food

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    This is a review of a series of books, actually. They are books I have prominently displayed on a shelf, and they are among the very few books in my house that get pulled out and consulted frequently. I also write in them: notes, dates, and adjustments. I’m talking, of course, about the cookbooks I…

  • Dragon Noir: Snippet 2

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    You can find the opening snippet Here…  I am currently still working on the book. I am very close to sending it to beta readers – I hope to wrap it all up with a bow this weekend. It’s been an interesting week so far, as the first days of a semester always are, and…