Writing Wednesday: Retooling and Rethinking

Last week’s goals: Three blog posts made, and posted at least three comments on others’ blogs. Stories rotating in and out of market as they and the markets are available. I produced 1,731 words of fiction – not as many words as last week, but pleased with myself for increasing the number of days I … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Shorthand vs Longhand

Last week’s goals: I made my three blog postings as usual, and continued to be moderately active on other people’s blogs (It helps to do this throughout the week rather than at the end.) Still reading to Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings (it’s a long one – it would help if I wasn’t such … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Skimming and Skimping

I can appreciate the detail of other writers, but my eyes tend to fly past the colorful words to follow the plots and the characters. This is especially true with something I’m reading for the umpteenth time – like The Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter. But even on a first read, I find … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: A Little About Swordsmaster

Goals update: Last week I made my three blog posts (by now I could just stop reporting this as I make them like clockwork, but it gives me something to feel good about every week, and who knows if I would still make it if I stopped reporting?), and managed to get back to my … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: When Will Enough Be Enough?

Last week’s status: Made my three blog posts as usual, as well as my quota of comments on other blogs. Still looking for a new market for “Schizo the Magnificent”, but not looking for one for “Truth in Advertising” anymore since it will be my June 21st release. Need to prep the eBook. Last week … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Discomfort with Verbosity

Stats from last week: Made my regularly scheduled three blog posts, and my quota of comments on the blogs of others. I still don’t have any open markets to send “Schizo the Magnificent” or “Truth in Advertising” to – I probably need to expand my market selections. “Date Night” completed its release weekend; my next … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Making Things Up

Being a fiction writer is an odd profession – your bread and butter is in lying (or – if we want to be diplomatic about it – making things up.) We try to insert enough reality into our fantasy to give it a feeling of truth, but ultimately what we give our readers is the … Continue reading →