Last Week’s Goals Blog posts out on schedule. A submission returned from market and was sent out again. A contest I entered was canceled due to lack of interest (and the accompanying fees.) There are now nine days until my next scheduled release day (May 13th) and I still haven’t decided what it will be. … Continue reading
One of the great pieces of advice for writers is to read your story OUT LOUD. For most of us, that means hiding in a bunker somewhere so no one can hear what you’ve written. Continue reading
When I listened to George Guidall reading Neil Gaiman’s American Gods some things struck me. First of all, what I take as the narrator’s true voice – and Wednesday’s – sounded remarkably like Anthony Hopkins in the Marvel Thor movies (trying not to do a spoiler here, but there’s a link between that role and … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals I made my blog posts as usual; in my None of my stories returned from markets, so they are still remaining out there like Heinlein told us they should be. My next release will be October 23rd (WEIRD, But Not TOO Scary Tales, already set up for preorders and presales – see … Continue reading
Last week’s goals: Three blog posts made as usual, and I continue to keep up with commenting on other people’s posts. I currently have six unpublished stories making the rounds of the markets. I just discovered a couple of sites to help me find new markets (they’ve been around a while, I’m sure, but I … Continue reading
Last week’s goals: Three blog posts made as usual, and I continue to stay ahead of commenting on other people’s posts. I’m getting back in the swing of rotating my stories to potential markets ASAP – just having trouble now finding open, appropriate markets. I’m most of the way through reading (as usual, a euphemism … Continue reading
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
Stats from last week: Posted three of my own blog posts as usual, and commented on enough of other people’s blogs to satisfy my quota. Still have a couple of stories hanging in limbo because I can’t find an open market (“Date Night” and “Schizo the Magnificent”.) One of them will be my next ePub … Continue reading
I’m almost done reading book eleven of The Wheel of Time. Well – since I can barely find sit-down time, when I’m sitting, I’m writing. All my reading is done by someone else (thank you, Audible), and all I’m really doing is listening while I’m driving. And guffawing. I’m not a guffawer, and yet here … Continue reading
Last week’s goals: Three blog posts. Still looking for an open market to send “Date Night” to. Socialized sufficiently on other people’s blogs. My March 12th release will be “Reining Cats and Dogs” (Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire #7), but I still haven’t started prepping the eBook yet. Need to start soon so I … Continue reading
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