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
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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
The Process
In order to get myself hyped about writing reviews again, I'm going to let ya'll in on a behind-the-scenes look at the process I use when writing reviews. It's also a good way to get two blog entries out of one movie. 1. First, I pick the movie. This involves going through the collection of … Continue reading The Process
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 Detective
I've been reading a lot of detective fiction lately: Agatha Christie, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Aside from the fact that they're all about mysteries and detecting the solution to aforementioned mysteries, they're also some of the more depressing books I've read. These writers have crafted worlds populated with brainless thugs, shallow women and men … Continue reading The Detective
Suspension of DisBelief
Lately, I've become more and more obsessed with the idea of bringing my stories into the real world. By that, I mean to blend reality and fiction. I want to smudge the boundaries between my fiction and the world we live in. I have one or two ideas on how to do this. I want … Continue reading Suspension of DisBelief
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
On the Shoulders of Giants
I've been reading Necronomicon, a massive collection of Lovecraft's stories. Lovecraft has always informed what I write, even before I started reading his stories. He influenced the writers who influenced me, Stephen King in particular. And when I got into my big Lovecraft kick right after high school, I began to make a couple of … Continue reading On the Shoulders of Giants
Pain in the Word
There comes short and brutal little periods where I am incapable of writing anything. Words don't come, they stay locked away or they just never existed. This is a problematical thing when I've decided that I have to write every single day, whether I want to or not. So I have drag each word out … Continue reading Pain in the Word
Write Frame of Mind
Apologies for the title for the entry Since I've started my month long writing project I've begun to look at everything as a potential blog topic. "Oh hey, tornadoes, that's interesting." "Man, these buses are always late. Into the blog." "Oh wow, I've never seen a paint chip like that one. BLOGGED." Ya'll are lucky that I've been blogging for … Continue reading Write Frame of Mind
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