Feeling Grateful
I often point over to Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch in this here blog. Naturally, I do that because they’re both very experienced writers, very smart with business, and they make a hell of a lot of sense. …
Tag: Writing
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 …
A Book on Contracts
I love The Passive Voice. Well, maybe love is too strong a term. But Passive Guy does a great job linking to and commenting on the latest goings on in the writing world. And with his background as an attorney, …
Ranking or Cash Flow?
As is obvious from my last several posts, I’ve been spending a lot more time on the Kindleboards lately. Considering that Masters is primed and just about ready for release late next month, it seemed appropriate to link up with …
Cover – Done!
Well, the cover journey is now complete. Last night, I told Jeroen that we’re good to go and paypal’d (Not sure that’s a word; oh well, I made it up) him his money. So now we’re all set on the …
Time Crunch
So I went ahead and gave myself a deadline for the follow-on to Passing in the Night, and a word count target: end of August, and 80,000 words. That works out to a bit less than 1,000 words a day. Totally …
Guest Post – Evelyn Lafont
I “met” Evelyn Lafont through Zoe Winters‘ blog. Evelyn, aka Keyboard Hussey, made a number of funny and interesting comments there, so I went over to check out her blog. After some comments there and some mutual twitter following, we …
Masters Cover Art – Round One
Jeroen came through with the cover art for Masters this morning. My first impression: wow! Since then, I’ve sent him some thoughts and comments, but I’m curious what all y’all in internet land think. Here it is: I’ve compressed it …
Agents as Publishers
Dean Wesley Smith pointed out a blog post by literary agent Peter Cox. In that post, Mr. Cox advises his fellow agents to NOT become publishers for their clients. And he does so for all the same reasons we’ve talked …
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, …