Call it a Ron-only Novel Dare. Call it a delayed NaNoWriMo. Call it what you will, but at the end of the day what I’ve actually got is a complete first draft novel in a total of 31 days–probably some 55K words. Pretty danged cool. I sat down to write this baseball-ish fantasy on November […]
Read More ...A Wave of Words
Yeah, I know. It’s been awhile. But don’t worry…I’ve not fallen by the wayside. Not too far, anyway. I should start this by saying out loud that I had no intention of doing anything like a NANOWRIMO. I was in the middle of this science fiction thing, you see? That science fiction thing I’ve been […]
Read More ...Language
Here’s a spiffy video found on Mur Lafferty’s excellent I Should be Writing. Yes, Brigid/Lisa, you’ll like it … kind of. Share Me
Read More ...The Book is Winning the Battle
I am clearly at the stage of writing on this book where the book feels like a better book than I am a writer. This is not unusual, of course. I’ve been here before. But this one feels particularly strong because the book’s structure is … ambitious. Recently I had lunch with friend and fellow […]
Read More ...Back at the Dig
So I’ve been slowly-but-surely working on this new book of mine. It’s a difficult little puzzle for me–not quite a classic storyline. I have no idea if it’s commercial or not-commercial or what. All I know is that it’s an interesting puzzle, and it’s beginning to take some sort of shape that I kind of […]
Read More ...A Fish Tank Full of Escher
Craig Reade at cxPulp gives Deca-Dad three and a half stars, and rates it one of the better stories in the December Analog. I’ll take it. While you’re just kinda sitting there vegging, you might find it fun to check out these two great pieces of animation at TOR.com. They are like watching a fish […]
Read More ...And Again…
More kind words about “Deca-Dad” in the December Analog, this time from Sarah Joynt-Borger at Tangent Online. It’s always fun to see how others look at my work. [grin] Share Me
Read More ...A Few Nice Words
I see a few nice words have rolled in regarding my story “Deca-Dad” in this month’s Analog. Lois Tilton comments in Locus. Aaron Pound provides his thoughts in his blog, Dreaming About Other Worlds In addition, I should direct your attention to Mike Resnick’s blog post at Novelspot regarding his collaborations. It’s an interesting read, […]
Read More ...Midnight
I’ve titled this last one “Midnight at River’s Edge.” It’s quite short, but seems to work for me. Now we get to see if it works for anyone else. [grin] Share Me
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