Plane Rides and Productivity
My trip to Tahoe took nine hours total. Then I got here and realized that I didn’t pack any t-shirts. I packed a ton of workout shirts, the shirt I’m wearing (my competitor shirt from the Marine Corps Marathon) and …
No Agent for Me
Just because I love fanning the flames, or throwing a grenade into the room, I just gotta go there. Kristine Kathryn Rusch has yet another awesome post about the current state of publishing, and in this case, agents. Allow me …
Go West, Young Man
Tomorrow morning, at O-dark-30, I’m heading west! Ok, the flight leaves at 0630, and it’s not dark at that time these days. But the sentiment still fits. This weekend is America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride, a 100 mile bicycle ride …
Sample Sunday
After I got musically inspired, I thought about my new story idea and realized I need to do a LOT of research if I want to do the story right. So I’m getting started on that. But in the meantime, …
Inspiration
I get inspiration from funny places sometimes. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that a lot of the time music is one of those places. My folks started me on the violin when I was three. When I was thirteen …
Honesty?
I came across a this article at the Wordplay blog this afternoon. It reminded me of an article Brad R Torgersen wrote the other day about writing honestly. I’ve read similar advice about writing honestly in many other places. But …
Unproductive? Not really….
Wow. I’ve gotten almost no writing done in the last two weeks. 1800 words toward a short story, that’s it. But that’s ok. In reality, I was probably not going to get anything done during this time, however I may …
Feedback
Well, my rant the other day caught some interest. Yesterday I got the most hits ever on this blog. Hopefully I haven’t made any eternal enemies. 😛 So the first of the folks who are reading Masters sent me some …
…and the scams just keep on coming.
Over the last week, Dean Wesley Smith and his wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, have made a bunch of awesome blog posts about the state of publishing in general, and agents in particular. Kris’ post is here. Deans posts are here, here …
New E-Publishing Opportunities….or not?
The other day, one of my Facebook contacts had a guest post from a lady who very happily told everyone how she got her books published through a couple of e-publishers. She was very upbeat, happy, and proud of her …