She’s keeping me on task, that’s for sure. I was going to deal with only having about 700 words written for the day. And she talked me into continuing on, trudging mercilessly through another 600 words for a total today of 1,365. Man, this is tough going. And it’s only day two! I can’t imagine […]
Just under 2,000 for day one
Wow. I started off with about 742 words half-heartedly punched out over my lunch break today. I guess my brain just wasn’t in it at the time. But just now, in about a half hour, I threw out another 1,200 words. The second section of chapter one just came running out of nowhere. It was […]
And, we’re off!
I got my first batch of writing in today. I managed to hack together 742 words over my lunch break. It’s pretty awful, but then, it’s not necessarily supposed to be good. It’s just supposed to be. It’s amazing how difficult it is to write when you’re staring at a blank page. Even when you […]
Ficlet: “Ancient Children”
Today, as part of my fairly excellent birthday vacation day, I got to go to Caleb’s school and eat lunch with him. It was a great experience, eating a meal with prekindergarteners that laugh and joke and make fun of their food. The experience actually inspired a brand new birthday Ficlet entitled “Ancient Children“. The […]
Back to Song of Ice and Fire
My father-in-law was in town this weekend, and we all stopped by the used bookstore (where I used to work, many years ago). I couldn’t find any scifi that interested me, but they just happened to have book four of the Song of Ice and Fire series: A Feast for Crows. So much for “returning […]
Story prep completed!
I’m pretty excited now. I’ve just completed all the preparatory work for starting my NaNoWriMo novel next week. This is the first time I’ve put so much effort into my writing in — well, ever, to be precise. The first thing I did was to put together a basic premise paragraph. I followed that with […]
Wil Wheaton finally Ficletting
I’ve decided that with NaNoWriMo fast approaching, now is a perfect time to get back into Ficlets. So, I logged back into the site and took a look at the dusty place that I hadn’t visited in several months. I checked through my contacts and realized that some of my favorite authors also have neglected […]
I’m NaNoWriMoing
I don’t know if you can actually make NaNoWriMo into a verb, but you know I like a linguistic challenge. Whatever you might call the process, as you can probably tell by the icon to the left, I’m throwing myself headlong into NaNoWriMo this year. For those of you unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo (and I wager […]
My domain now lasts 37 years!
Nifty message received when I log into WordPress: Guess I’m not in any hurry to renew!
Green Leopard Plague
I finished reading the first winner in the 2006 Nebula Showcase (yes, I’m one year behind. But this is one of the last compilations to be edited by Gardner Dozois prior to his extensive surgery, so I’m entitled to play catch-up). In any case, the winning novella was Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams, […]