Way back in the beginning, you may recall that I said that 31 Days of Spoooktacular was part of how I planned to force writing to become a habit for me. Writing has always been something I do sporadically, intermittently and with no true pattern. Even over the course of this year, where I've given myself … Continue reading 31 Days of Spoooktacular: The Gauntlet
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The Death of a Year
Let's see if I can remember how to do this. We'll start with an opening sentence and take it from there. Oh hi! I don't really know if there are people who still read this. It's been about, oh, two months since I last updated. I'll make the assumption that everyone who reads my blog … Continue reading The Death of a Year
Writer’s Commiseration
Writing has never been a group thing to me. I don't track down other writers to talk to them about the process. I don't go to forums and chat about plotting and character development. I don't hang out in coffee houses with other writers and discuss the finer points of the gerund. That's just not … Continue reading Writer’s Commiseration
NANOWRIMO
This year I've decided to write a novel for NANOWRIMO. I'm so out of touch with writing fiction that I figured the best way to get back into shape is to try and write 50,000 words in less than a month. It's like if you decided you wanted to start running every day and figured … Continue reading NANOWRIMO
Tales of the Whispering Mad and the Mis-Dead: Now in Paperback!
You may remember that I have a book, which is available on the Kindle. Now, everytime I tell people that I have a book and it's only on the Kindle, they tell me, "But I don't have a Kindle." To which I respond, "Then buy a Kindle and then buy my book!" This never goes … Continue reading Tales of the Whispering Mad and the Mis-Dead: Now in Paperback!
The Newest Book
Since it's been a while, let's talk about the book. No, not that book. The newest one. The one that hasn't been written yet. I'm...extremely tentative about this one. I want this one to be perfect. I want the table of contents to work properly. I want the formatting to sparkle. I don't want there to … Continue reading The Newest Book
Tales of the Whispering Mad and the Mis-Dead
After months of (sporadic) work, it's done. The book is done. You can read it on the Kindle. You can read it on your computer. You can read it on your iPad or your iPhone. Fact is, you can read my book for the low, low price of $2.99. It's at LEAST an hour's worth of … Continue reading Tales of the Whispering Mad and the Mis-Dead
Book Review: Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen
I've never been a fan of the idea that the government is hiding space aliens from us. Partly it's because the people who espouse this particular brand of paranoia always strike me as two hairs away from batshit insane. Mostly though it's because I've never seen any good evidence for it. I haven't seen good … Continue reading Book Review: Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen
Book Review: The Long Fall by Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley has been one of my favorite writers for a while now. I've only read one of his science-fiction novels (The Wave, good read), but I've read a goodly portion of his mysteries. His stories are always uniquely his, even the ones that take place in a cliche-raddled genre like Detective Fiction.And this is especially … Continue reading Book Review: The Long Fall by Walter Mosley
Where did all the bookstores go?
Bookstores, the ones built of brick and mortar anyway, are in serious trouble. The two big heavyweights, Barnes and Noble and Borders, are suffering and they're struggling to survive. Given that Amazon.com now sells close to 50% of all book sales in North America, it looks like the only place someone might see Barnes and … Continue reading Where did all the bookstores go?
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