Perhaps the biggest change in my life since I started writing full-time has been the fact that I generally sleep 7-8 hours a night. It turns out that this is a huge deal. I mean, it’s a major, big-assed deal. Yes, back when I worked the corporate desk I read all the scientific studies that […]
Read More ...Monthly Archives: July 2015
A walk in the rain
Is it wrong to whistle "singing in the rain" when you are actually just walking in it? — Ron Collins (@roncollins13) July 10, 2015 Yes, I took a walk in the rain yesterday. Yes, in the rain. A walk. Totally. By this I mean that it was raining when I left the house and rained […]
Read More ...My somewhat insane work planning process
Brandon Crilley recently linked me into a post he did about planning his writing activity during the summer period (he supports his writing habit by being a teacher in the real world, so he has to use his “down time” as efficiently as possible). I responded that I would write a post about my somewhat […]
Read More ...Five Things I’ve Learned, +1
A couple days ago, I found myself reading Martin Shoemaker’s blog, wherein he discussed what he’s learned over the past few years. I got to thinking about that question. I’ve been doing this for … well … a long while, now. My bibliography says I was first published in October of 1994. You can do […]
Read More ...“The Colossal Death Ray” hits Galaxy’s Edge.
Very happy to note that my story “The Colossal Death Ray” is the lead story in this issue of Galaxy’s Edge. This story is actually a bit of a favorite of mine because it came to me in what was essentially a single sitting (with another pass or two rub out some raw edges here […]
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