Writing Prompt?

I’m thinking that if you can’t write a story based on this, you’re not trying hard enough. Progress Report: I didn’t mean to go in this direction at all, but I’ve found myself about 60% through a rewrite of another of my earlier novels. This one’s origin was my very first Novel Dare (think NaNoWriMo […]

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Working on Friday Night

Lisa: Did you realize you misspelled Memento? Ron: Hey, they don’t call it the Typo-sphere for nothing. Progress Report: Lisa needed to work late tonight, and I took advantage of the time to go get ice cream and to spend a few extra hours on a manuscript. Not a terrible way to spend an evening. […]

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Collecting Up the Collection

So I spent the day working on the collection. I’m having a blast putting it all together. I haven’t gone back and read these stories in quite some time, and I’m finding lots of great memories buried in them. I’ve had a couple laugh-out-loud moments (in good ways), and have just had a generally fun […]

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Don’t Get Too Comfortable

Gotta love the idea of walking a mile an hour while you’re working. I guess this means that Kevin Anderson has the right idea, as he’s known to write via dictation during his daily walks. Progress: I gathered up and formatted the stories I expect will comprise the collection. I may slot a story or […]

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Three Steps Forward

Lots of progress on this stormy morning. First, as hoped, the novel rewrite is complete. Though I always reserve the writers’ option of deciding I stink later, I’m pretty pleased with this as I sit here this morning. The story feels good now, and I figure you only get to say a novel is complete […]

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New Editor at Escape Pod

Not that you’re likely to hear it hear first, but Mur Lafferty is the new editor at Escape Pod. As with all editorial changes, it will be interesting to see how this alters the content of this podcast. Progress Update: I mentioned last night that I had four areas of weakness in the novel I’ve […]

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One Draft, Kinda Finished

Earlier this afternoon, I formally finished the rewrite of this novel, which makes me very happy. Even better, now that I’ve had my hands deeply inside it for a bit, I have set aside a total of four notes that I’m not overly happy about, and plan to work on a bit–all four of them […]

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One Cool Morning

Life is pretty danged cool this morning. First, I decided I needed to make some small changes to the structure of the book I’m working on. The story involves subliminal travel (as well as some FTL travel, but that’s not relevant to this conversation). This meant I got to spend two hours playing with time […]

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Picking up the Pace

Things are definitely moving faster now that I’ve gotten through my tussle with the two pilots. I’ve winged through four chapters this morning, and will probably get a couple more before my brain starts to fade. Easily crossed the halfway point of the book, and I now suppose it’s possible I might actually complete the […]

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