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Category: writing
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Working on a title
I am getting ready to publish this short story, and I don’t have a name for it. Well, I do, but I don’t like it. I’ve been calling it the Smith and the Gardener. Which is accurate enough, I suppose, but cumbersome, and vague. So far the suggestions from beta readers have been good. I’m…
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Free Story and More…
I now have a Goodreads Author page. Not sure what I’m going to do with it. Ideas? Plant Life is free for 24 hours only! In Amazon’s infinite wisdome (not really, but there are days…) the system would only let me do one day. So get it fast, even if you won’t have time to…
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Pressing Restart
I’m trying to get my writing restarted after the move. This morning I had an amusing moment when I opened my email and found that Amazon was recommending Vulcan’s Kittens to me as something I might enjoying buying. I went on to read Sarah Hoyt’s ongoing series about a novel in 13 weeks, which if…
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Safely in Ohio
The big move has been made, I am settling into a new home, and looking seriously at local colleges. I spent most of yesterday and today getting my office into something resembling a space I can use, and it’s looking good. The writing is on hold until this coming Monday, when I shall go back…
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New Post up at ASM
I wrote a blog about, basically, respecting our readers as writers. As a reader, I’d come across some things recently that irrtated me. Something to remember as I’m writing. Anyway, link is: http://amazingstoriesmag.com/2013/04/i-am-a-reader/ Also, Twisted Breath of God is still up, and free. Look here for Kindle Look here for Nook & others Here’s…
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Birth of the Kittens
Sometime in 2011, I recall, my oldest daughter Gladiana read a book she really, really liked. Being a dutiful mother-librarian, I helped her find the next one in the series. She absorbed every one of the books by this author she could find. And, because she loves me, and knows I love to read and…
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Post up at ASM
This week’s post written by me is up at Amazing Stories Magazine. Covering the Topic is a brief take on the art of creating a cover for your work. If you are really interested in the topic, Mark Alger does a wonderful, in-depth exploration at his blog, starting here. He does a much better job…
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Finding my Voice
I’m still a bit sleepy, so if this post rambles, forgive me… Sarah Hoyt’s series over at PJM on writing a novel in 13 weeks is up to 6 weeks, I missed week # 5, but here is the new post, and an excellent one. Finding your voice, or in my case, knowing which character…
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Writing Plans
Cross-posted from Amazing Stories and my ongoing blogging there on the art and business of writing and self-publishing. I’m really tired, and need to study, I have an exam Monday on the Nervous System and the Brain. This week has been really busy, and I’ve been falling behind in my daily wordcount. Some days I…
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Writing Action
Working on a scene where our heroes, soaring over the frozen Alaskan landscape, are set upon by either a Roc, or a Thunderbird. They are in a small plane, and I am trying to figure out how to make this work best for our heroes, and my plot. This is not something I am entirely…
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Writing Musings
I find that although I am a terrible housekeeper, and cleaning bores me to tears, it also sometimes gives me the time to think, and get me over the hump on a story when I’m stuck. So I get to it when I can. And then again, I get to the point where I must.…
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Throwing Rocks
I am writing along to Sarah Hoyt’s 13 Weeks to a Novel posts over at PJ Media, and her post for week four is particularly on target for me. How to find the time to write… well, I find it mostly by having little to no free time. Between school, and work, and a long-distance…