Recently, I got a message from a friend. He told me a relative was 30,000 words into a novel and wanted to know how to find an agent. Now, this is a perfectly legitimate question, but the timing was wrong. No agent or editor will show any interest in a… Continue reading
Yesterday, I had a discussion with a person I shall not name. After seeing many of the same same social media statements that I saw, this person asked how I came to my conclusion that this was celebration about inclusion, and not about exclusion. That’s a very good question, because… Continue reading
With the recent Nebula Awards ceremony now in the past, I’m reflecting on the chatter in social media about the fact that no white males won a voter-selected award this year. In fact, one tweet cheered in nearly those exact words: No white males! Hopefully we’re beyond blog excerpts now… Continue reading
Funny how things happen sometimes. My daughter brings home movie passes from time to time as a benefit of working at the theater. So, just a few hours after writing yesterday’s blog entry about science and faith, I was on my way to see the film God’s Not Dead. I’m… Continue reading
I had not intended to write this post today, but I got wind of a blog post by Mary Robinette Kowal via a blog post by John Scalzi, which I learned about through a twitter post from yet another party. This isn’t about Mary, but the topic she shines a… Continue reading
After about 10 days of stagnation,I made some small progress on the edits for A Darkling Nine. As my self-imposed deadline is fast approaching, I expect progress will ramp up significantly this week. The big news for this status report is that I finally sold the print rights for a… Continue reading
Yesterday, I posted about writing being hard. Today, let’s discuss the concept that Self-Editing is hard. When you write, it’s an attempt to take a concept from inside your head and communicate it to other people. Some writing fails because the complete thought doesn’t make it to the page. Other… Continue reading
Writing is hard, make no doubt about it. The writer’s life seems glamorous on the outside looking in. Well, it may very well be just that for writers like James Patterson. For the rest of us, it’s a slog. I worked as an engineer for 20 years, a job I… Continue reading
The year started off mired in uncertainty. January 14th marked the fourth anniversary of my layoff from Freescale. I entered the year determined to make my own business a reality instead of relying on the fickle whims of “The Man.” The first six months were quite difficult as clients were… Continue reading
Inline Skates Day two on the inline skates went pretty well. I skated about a mile and used the cane significantly less than yesterday. I still struggle on the uphill portions but downhill and flat are progressing nicely. Cleaning My wife and I have been going through closets. We went… Continue reading
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