NaNoWriMo Has Begun!
Here we are… November 1st! Doesn’t it seem like this year has flown by? Soon it’ll be Thanksgiving, then Christmas, and then before you know it, it’s 2018! But never mind all that, because...
Category: Writing
NaNoWriMo 2017 Novel Reveal!
In a little over a week, I will begin a month of anguish, joy, frustration, elation, and sleep deprivation known as National Novel-Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). What Is NaNoWriMo? Willing participants spend the month of November...
Published!!
The October 2017 issue of Empyreome Magazine went live yesterday morning (Saturday, October 7), featuring my story, “Time in a Bottle”!!! I’ve been throwing exclamation points and being generally obnoxious all over the internet...
Breaking News: I Sold a Story!
Yes, ladies and gentlemen–I’m going to be published! The folks at Empyreome Magazine (that’s pronouned em-peer-ee-ohm) have deemed one of my stories worthy of publication in their illustrious journal, and to that end are willing to...
NaNoWriMo 2017, Here I Come!
NaNoWriMo–National Novel Writing Month–is soon upon us. For the month of November, hundreds, maybe thousands, of people will attempt to write a novel at least 50,000 words long. The novel can be about anything,...
Some Changes to the Blog
As you might have noticed, I’ve made some changes to the blog. There’s a new banner, and I’ve moved the tabs around. Why? For too long I’ve resisted promoting myself as a writer, despite...
Become a Patron of the Arts… for $1/month!
Do you know who this guy is? His name is Ludovico Sforza. He was Duke of Milan from 1494-1499, but most notably, he was a patron of Leonardo da Vinci. In fact, it was...
Some Thoughts on… The Synopsis
So you’ve written a novel, and it has been beta read, revised, edited, re-written, and buffed and polished until it shines, sings, and dances tangos around your typewriter. (Okay, so you don’t use a...
Some Thoughts on Writing Rules
(Yes, I know this is a post about writing, but considering the feedback I received when I wrote about not giving writing tips any more, I feel a bit more emboldened to take the plunge....
Some Thoughts on Reading and Writing
A while ago, there was a discussion on Janet Reid’s blog around how much you should read in your chosen genre before you write that genre.* The received wisdom is 100 books. Yes, 100...
