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  • On Being Published

    December 31, 2009

    • I AM PUBLISHED! Ok, enough smiling back to work!This month, my work appears in Brain Harvest. It's a short story. Just 750 words. I hope you enjoy it! Read "How Duane Came To Be In The Bathroom" in Brain Harvest, an Almanac of Bad Ass Speculative Fiction. I'm not really sure where 2009 will rank in the years of my life, but I'm fairly certain it will be hard to top it as a year of ...
  • WriteChain - The Word Tracking iPhone App for Writers

    May 6, 2009

    • [This post originally appeared on my website How Not to Write.] WriteChain, my word count tracking tool for writers, is now available in the iPhone app store!! Woo hoo! Here's a screenshot of WriteChain ready to go! Get WriteChain on iTunes! If you visit the link above, you'll see there's a nifty link for WriteChain support and information. That link goes to this page on How Not to Write: ...
  • Tell Your Best Christmas Story at Best Little Christmas Story

    December 9, 2008

    • Come visit Best Little Christmas Story!No, I'm not posting a Christmas story (not yet). This is a special post to let you know that I launched a new site over the weekend - Best Little Christmas Story. For background on the site, check out the About the Site page. There's also a link to register on the site. Registering on the site allows you to share stories as real posts on the site. The ...
  • Long Shadows of November: The Reality of Post-Novel Depression

    December 2, 2008

    • When you finish a novel, there is a major rush of exhillartation. You have climbed the mountain and as is your right you are ready to celebrate. Your mind begins to fill with dreams of publishing contracts and interviews, the book tours and the awards. You see the cover of your book quite clearly. You see your name in tall letters, your characters enshrined in the literary canon, your plot ...
  • Me and Ahab - Writing a Novel and Keeping a Log

    November 2, 2008

    • "I've just finished day 2 of NaNoWriMo, and as is my way with any big writing project, I'm keeping a log.My writing log is just a file where I store the word count for the day along with the running total. I also include a few thoughts or impressions of the writing session and a sense of where the work is at overall. Essentially, it's a snapshot of my feelings about the work."Read on... ...
  • Donating to NaNoWriMo

    October 31, 2008

    • I'm a big fan of NaNoWriMo, so big that I sponsored a giveaway of 30 NaNoWriMo halos for writers who could not afford to donate.  The list of writers who won just went up on my website.  Come by and take a look, but don't stop there...Visit those writers who provided a link to their websites and leave a comment of encouragment.  Follow the links to their Wrimo profiles and buddy them.  Do ...
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