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The 50-page Rule

Posted on February 7, 2015 by admin

I am about halfway through Elizabeth Baxter’s Everwinter, Book 1. I should already be done with it, but I violated the 50-page rule early on. What’s this rule, you ask? It’s a personal one: when I pick up a book, I … Continue reading →

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The Cryman

Posted on January 30, 2015 by admin

While The Ship Looking for God is marinading, I busted out another first draft that I hadn’t played with in a while called The Cryman. Apparently, it was QUITE a while because I was surprised to find that I had actually finished the … Continue reading →

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Substance over form

Posted on January 25, 2015 by admin

I saw American Sniper last night at the local Carmike. I usually do not go to Carmike’s or AMC or the other big chain movie theaters; I go to Alamo. Why? Someone brings you beer at Alamo. They don’t bring … Continue reading →

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MarsCon. Can. Con.

Posted on January 19, 2015 by admin

Saturday was the 25th Anniversary of Marscon, and since I had never been to the previous 24, what the heck. Drove 3-4 days down to Williamsburg, VA, checked into the Bates, er, Bassett Motel, and then moseyed over to the … Continue reading →

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One and Done

Posted on January 12, 2015 by admin

One revision, I mean, the first revision of The Ship Looking for God. I finished it this weekend. And I like it. It turned out to be 82,921 words, which is still well above my 75,000-word threshold for epic fantasy. … Continue reading →

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The Adventures of Gracie the Wander Cat: Turn out the Lights

Posted on January 5, 2015 by admin

Another Christmas gone, and that D. Krauss guy can now stop acting like a giddy little school girl and get some work done. He keeps talking about all these revisions he has to do, but, trust me, y’all, half his day is … Continue reading →

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Re-visioning

Posted on December 28, 2014 by admin

About the most boring thing a writer can blog about is writing. It’s like a guy who builds Fords waxing poetic about windshield installment: yeah, that’s great, but tell me of the finished product. Having said that, I will now bore you … Continue reading →

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Beirut, with lipstick

Posted on December 21, 2014 by admin

Things are still pretty much the same outside: Although they are gussying it up a bit: About three to five years from now, I’ll have my privacy back.

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It’s Sorta Beginning to Look Like Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2014 by admin

No snow, so there’s that. A few other things are coming together, like: the outside lights. Yeah, okay, a bit underwhelming, but at least they’re up. Some of the houses on the street have got bupkis. The tree: Ignore the … Continue reading →

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The Hard Part

Posted on November 30, 2014 by admin

No, not that. Revisions. That’s what I mean. See, writing a novel is easy. It just is. All you need is a story, time to write it, a place to write it, a medium (PC, writing pad, stone tablets, whatever) … Continue reading →

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