As synchronicity would have it, I’m in the process of the second pass at a novel I’m titling Chasing the Setting Sun. It’s a follow-up to See the PEBA on $25 a Day, and it’s set in Japan—a place I’ve never been. Here I am yesterday, the day after I start in earnest on it, […]

Having actually finished the notorious episode 8, I’m now in process of figuring out what I’m doing next. Yes, there’s always a next. Thank goodness. # Four Days in May special! I put this out on twitter/facebook earlier, but I should note here that John Bodin and I are celebrating the last month of the […]

It’s a good day today. After a very long slog (years, really), I’m finally “done” with my sword and sorcery serial (which I’ve re-re-retitled back to The Glamour of the God-Touched Series. There are many reasons it’s taken so long, not the least of which is that I’ve repositioned them between novellas and novels and […]

Apropos of nothing, I suppose, but one would have thought that becoming a full-time would have resulted in me spending more time here, but it’s not really working out that way. Not yet, anyway. # I’m getting antsy (in a good way) about my Glamour of the God-touched serial. I’ve been reading the episodes aloud […]

This isn’t really anything you don’t already know, but I think it’s one of those things that pretty much everyone can bear to think about again and again … because, well, we forget, eh?

For the past two weeks, I’ve been writing a book. Or, I guess I should say that I’ve written a book over the past two weeks. Yes. A book. A short book, indeed, but a book. In two weeks. Ok, technically it’s a draft of a book, but it’s a book, and the story is […]

A few weeks back, Lisa pulled a bit of the newspaper out and left it for me to read. It was an interview with Anna Quindlen, and Lisa had marked one question and answer in particular. Question: Do you ever have writer’s block? Answer: Some days I fear writing dreadfully, but I do it anyway. […]

A few months ago I talked to Kevin Anderson about his use of dictation to help him write. He’s well-known for this technique, and is rumored to plot whole novels out while he hikes the Rockies. I want to stay active, and had plans (yeah, right) to do a lot of walking in the afternoons, […]

I’ve been working on this silly Episode 8 of my fantasy novella series for about a decade. At least it seems that way. I’ve essentially “finished” it twice, but each time I’ve just not liked it. You know what I mean, right? It was all there, but it didn’t seem to buzz. So each time […]