And the Verdict is….
…no sale. I heard back from Weird Tales this evening. They’re passing on my Zombie story. Reads like a form rejection. 🙁 Oh well, it’s about what I expected. I looked up their stats on duotrope, and they reject over …
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Over 60
With 1,762 words down tonight, I passed the 60,000 word mark on Masters this evening. I beat my word count goal by 200 words, and remain on track to complete the work by the end of the month. So I’m …
Gunfight at the Imagination Movers
It’s been a good evening. Earlier, my wife and I took our too oldest (ages 3 and 2) to the Imagination Movers concert. No, there wasn’t a gunfight a the concert. I was just going for a catchy post title. …
Making Progress and Burning Flicks
With just shy of 1,500 words written tonight, I’ve topped 52,000 total on Masters so far. I didn’t get that much done in the writing world yesterday, only 300 or 400 words. But that’s ok. Yesterday, I rode 46.3 miles …
Hurry Up and Wait
Wow. Last night, before starting work on Masters, I finally compiled Damsel into .doc format for submission to Smashwords. I’d been delaying doing this because I’d had some difficulty with Falling Softly, and was a bit annoyed. But I think …
Pivotal Moments
I’m working on Masters again tonight, and I just finished a pivotal moment. Well, two actually. First, I finished the chapter where the hero fully discovers the nature of the big bad villains. And, you guessed it, they’re bad. Quite …
I hate when this happens…
Ugh. The writing is hard this week. The latest update to Scrivener has a cool feature. You could always set targets for each writing session, by word count. In the new version, you can assign a due date for the …
Pen Name and a Facebook Faux Pas
When I decided to start this writing thing, I determined that I was going to use a pen name. For a couple reasons: I have a professional career already, and don’t really want to intertwine my writing with that career. …
Goals Assessment: 1st Qtr 2011
Ok, the year is 1/4 through. Time to assess my progress toward my writing goals. So without further ado, let’s go! Goal #1: Finish Masters by the end of April On track. I’ve got 46.100 words written so far, and …
Writers of the Future submission – or – How to Build a Starship
I pressed submit on Passing in the Night for Writers of the Future late last night. I’ve got mixed feelings about the story and its prospects, though. I had a few people read it this week, and got a variety …
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