17
MAY
2015
The importance of literary magazines
Ten or so days ago, I submitted a sci-fi cyberpunk short story (damn, that phrase has a lot of S sounds in it) to a…
A writer's journal — essays on craft, science fiction, horror, and the long work of finishing a book.
Ten or so days ago, I submitted a sci-fi cyberpunk short story (damn, that phrase has a lot of S sounds in it) to a…
What do you think a person, who spends most of his or her time at a place like the one in the picture, gets to…
The past ten days or so have been a nightmare, with regards to writing. Remember my post from a few weeks back when I said…
I won't lie to you, the closer I get to finishing the first round of edits the more I think about the AFTER, the agent…
It's been a year since I started this blog, and 150 of you have followed me and my weekly ramblings. Thank you all for the…
I have reached the point I dreaded the most. Despite my planning and all the outlining I did a year ago when I started drafting…
I've been editing/revising my novel The Darkening for a few months now and I'm one chapter short of reaching the midpoint. So far, I've rewritten…
It's been two years since I started writing. I never thought I'd enjoy it this much. Back then, a single image triggered all sorts of…
When the idea behind The Darkening formed and I visualised the story's details, I thought it would be best to spend as much time on…
"A picture is worth a thousand words." I don't know where the following image is from, but I think most of us will agree that…
My mind is full of edits and post-apocalyptic mental images. A few days ago, I finished Walter Michael Miller's "A Canticle for Leibowitz." Before that,…
The following is a deleted scene from my novel, The Darkening. I figured it would be nice to share something related to the novel in…