Monday, July 09, 2012

Editors and Lawyers

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Big revelation time.  About a decade ago I made a writing mistake.  I know, I know, tremendously hard to believe.  Me, the great and wonde...
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Friday, July 06, 2012

Plans Begin to Form

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Slowly these days, writing plans are returning to me. I hope I'll be able to bring some of them to fruition before school starts again. ...
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Monday, July 02, 2012

To Pseudonym or Not

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I’ve been reading and listening to more advice for writers lately. One thing that keeps coming up is that readers can be put off if they e...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Tales of a Youthful Brewmance

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Here's what the brews themselves are saying about Charles Gramlich's memoir of his beer drinking days.   “I thought I could hav...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Writing Woes

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I started a new story today, called “Witch of Ashes.”   It’s a sword and sorcery piece and I liked how the opening section came out.   I wan...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Harmland Goes Live:

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Harmland is now available on Kindle and Nook. It’s been largely finished for a while. I had trouble with the cover and trouble deciding ...
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Monday, June 18, 2012

New Magazine, Old Book

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Some of you may be aware that White Cat Publications has announced a new magazine called Insatiable: The Magazine of Paranormal Desires . ...
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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Two Very Different Movies

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Last night I watched two movies: Gattica and Drive Angry .  Gattica was a movie of ideas and message, a near future science fiction ...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

John Carter: A Review

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Ever since I read A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs I’ve had a love affair going with Sword and Planet fiction. There’s a reas...
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Saturday, June 09, 2012

OVER THE TOP

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My critique group consists of folks with a wide range of reading tastes and writing styles.  We frequently have minor issues during critiq...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Updates

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Lana's 2nd chemo treatment is tomorrow.  Her first seems to have worked wonders on the cancer site, which has shrunk dramatically.  The ...
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Saturday, June 02, 2012

Skyrim: A Player's Perspective

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A couple of summers ago I bought myself an X-Box.  A student of mine actually gave me my first game for it, called Doom.  I'd played ear...
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Harmland and other Updates

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The writing has been slow but at least I'm doing some.  My planned collection, "Harmland," is coming along. It's almost co...
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Saturday, May 26, 2012

Memorial Day Sale at Wildside Press

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Wildside Press is hosting a Memorial Day Sale.  They've cut their ebooks to $2.99, and have cut a dollar off many of their print books. ...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

A Drought Breaks

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Well, a drought that has lasted over two months finally broke a little yesterday. For the first time since mid-March I actually wrote a new...
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Friday, May 18, 2012

First Chemo, and a some vague thoughts on writing

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Well, Lana had her first chemo treatment yesterday.  It was a long day, from about 8:20 to 2:00 in the chair with infusions of various medic...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

A New Kind of Summer

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Our graduation ceremony was yesterday.  I have to return the monkey suit (graduation regalia) on Tuesday and check in at the office for anyt...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Tubb versus Kern

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E. C. Tubb (1919-2010) was a well known British writer who wrote over 140 novels and hundreds of short stories under as many as 58 pen...
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Saturday, May 05, 2012

Cold in the Light on Sale, and Harmland

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Cold in the Light is on sale for $2.84 as a Kindle ebook this week.  That's 2 dollars off the regular price so it's a pretty good d...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Been A While

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Been a while since I blogged. I’ve been giving and grading finals, meeting with students, meeting for the last time in the semester with va...
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