You may have noticed the addition of the blue Newstex banner on my blog. This is because…wait for it…my blog is now officially syndicated! Pretty cool, eh? The wonderful people at Newstex now aggregate my content and add it to all the other blogs they feature, as a one-stop resource for journalists, politicians, and all […]
It feels obligatory to write a post when Oprah chooses a new book for her book club. As if she doesn’t get enough publicity already. But Oprah’s choices are often odd and interesting. And all of us novelists and would-be novelists know its a long shot….but we still fantasize about Oprah choosing our book. Other, […]
So, I have this little hang up when it comes to writing, whether I am writing a novel, a short story or an article. I have to get the first part right before I can move on. Once the first part is right, I can let it rip. I can write a Shitty First Draft, […]
I know, I know, you’ve been up night wondering when I was going to write the next installment of Make Money Writing Online. Pining and longing for the next chapter. Well, yearn no more, because here it is. So far in this series about making money writing online, we’ve discussed the dream and the reality […]
Well, as you probably know by now, movie and TV writers have gone on strike. And more power to ’em, I say. Writers are always the most under recognized and underpaid group, whether we’re talking Hollywood or the publishing industry. I’ve only worked in the most tangential way in Hollywood (had a screenplay I wrote […]
The Nanowrimo folks are sending out some pretty good "pep talks" to those who are officially registered as participants. The one that came today is from Naomi Novik. I love her ten words a day tip: The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn’t matter if you’re badly stuck, […]
A week or so ago, my buddy Roy sent me a lecture he’d downloaded from the Blackboard site of our MFA program. It was a pretty good lecture about rewriting, except that the author/lecturer started with a list of Rules. I capitalize the word because you could tell by the way the lecture was written […]
…and I’m basking in it. Grapes, more grapes please. And could you bring me some chocolate also? No, I prefer red wine, thank you. A foot rub would be nice. And there’s a wee little sore spot on my back… No, I guess its not that kind of attention. Damn. But this kind is just […]
Because I can’t seem to find mine. Despite my plans to the contrary, I did not begin a new novel for Nanowrimo this morning, as I did two years ago on this date. Why? Because I’ve been neck-deep in revising that novel that I started two years ago on this date and as I’ve been […]
Its early yet here on the west coast, and not even dark yet, so I have a wee bit of time before the trick-or-treaters descend upon us. Actually, there probably won’t be much descending as certain of my neighbors have the utter gall to turn out their front porch lights and head to the bar […]
