Deadline – Met!
Right. Well, today’s 30 June, the last day of the quarter for Writers of the Future. Submissions have to be in by midnight tonight. A week ago, I was starting to sweat the deadline, because I’d barely started a story …
Category: Writing Progress
Longer Than I Thought
Yeah, yeah. I know. That’s what SHE said, right? Ha-freaking-ha. Ok, stupid jokes aside, I’m talking about one of my short stories. A few weeks back, I tried out the Write Or Die web application. Several people swear by it, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Gaining a Following?
I took a couple interesting screen captures the other day, from the wordpress stats page: Interesting. I started this blog on 28 January, so counting the January stats is pretty meaningless. But aside from that, readership here has pretty much …
Flawless Victory
Most importantly, my little man’s surgery went off without a hitch. He’s out of the ICU and into the normal cardiology ward. Chest tube’s removed, and he’s sleeping soundly. Earlier he was up and watching Disney Channel, but it’s good …
Open Heart
Probably won’t hear from me much for the next week or so. This afternoon, we’re shipping out to Boston. Tomorrow morning, my 2 year old son has a pre-op appointment at Children’s Hospital Boston, then Thursday he’s going under the …
T-Minus Two Nights, and Counting….
Ok, I’m up to just under 65,100 words. I’m calling it a night. I’d like to have gotten more down than I have tonight, but I’m beat. On the bright side, tomorrow’s going to be an early day at work, …