It’s been how many months since I posted? Hmm, yes, since February and my nice, long unplanned snow vacation from the day job. Pure bliss that was. The day job has really sucked the life out of me the past few months and I’m afraid it also sapped my writing a little as well. And [...]
I’ve been concentrating on short stories lately. While my experience writing in that form is limited, I’m finding it difficult to embrace. It has it’s advantages–a complete story in basically what would be the chapter of a novel–there are more that I’ll mention, but there are also disadvantages to the form as well. Advantages: Learning [...]
I’ll start with what’s been going on in my writing world: Well, it’s been a while since I’ve posted to the blog, but I’ve been updating my word counts daily on the main webpage. I’ve been working on another science fiction short story to enter into the Writers of the Future Contest. I submitted a story [...]
Revising. I love the idea of revising. So, I let my completed manuscript sit for about a month. I did absolutely nothing with it, I didn’t even think about it. What did I do during that time? I wrote a short story in a different genre. I wrote the short story, let it sit for [...]
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It’s been a while since I last posted, but quite a few things have been happening! First off, before I went on vacation to Novia Scotia, I finished the first draft of the fantasy novel and a first draft of a science fiction short story. The short story I intend to enter into the Writers [...]
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I spent the 4th of July in Pennsylvania with my girlfriend. She’s been a faithful alpha reader from the beginning of the project. Without her input and enthusiasm, my journey through the process would have been difficult, if not close to impossible. Thank you, my lovely alpha reader. So, after spending a little over five [...]