It’s up! What do you think? I especially like the sidebar layout, with the featured item on top and the double sidebars below. I think I’m going to put all my promotional stuff (books, social networks) on the right sidebar, with all the blog stuff (tags, archives, recent comments, blogroll, etc) on the left. I’m… Continue reading How’s my new blog template?
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Blurb for Bringing Stella Home and thoughts on Borders
One of the essential elements for a successful in epublishing is a killer book description, and I think I’ve got a pretty decent one for Bringing Stella Home. However, I could use some feedback, so if you could read it and tell me what you think, that would be great. Here it is: It is a… Continue reading Blurb for Bringing Stella Home and thoughts on Borders
Desert Stars 3.0 is finished!
That’s right; after almost exactly two months of writing, the third draft of Desert Stars is now complete! This is the first draft where I feel that things are truly coming together the way they should be, where the story is transforming into something that not only works, but is actually fairly awesome. I’m probably… Continue reading Desert Stars 3.0 is finished!
In search of a new title
I’m not that great at figuring out titles. It seems that with every project, I agonize for days to find the perfect title, only to settle for something that sounds reasonably good. Worlds Away from Home is no exception. Even though it was better than the previous title (Hero in Exile), I never really felt… Continue reading In search of a new title
How do you write a character who is shy?
The writing is a little sporadic these days, but it’s coming along. I’ve broken out of my most recent block, and progress is coming along on WAFH…or at least it was, when I didn’t have a temp job sucking up most of my time during the day. Still, can’t complain about work–and even though all… Continue reading How do you write a character who is shy?
The technological singularity: a thing of the past?
One of the latest trends in science fiction is the concept of the technological singularity — the point in history at which technological advances occur so rapidly that we can no longer learn the new stuff fast enough to keep up with it. I hear a lot of people talk about this at cons, and… Continue reading The technological singularity: a thing of the past?
Word splurge and refining the query
So this morning, I worked on the fifth draft of Genesis Earth while Facebook chatting with some friends I made from World Fantasy. Next thing I know, it’s 4:30 and I’ve revised through 6.5k words. To be fair, most of that work was pretty simple–polishing the prose, cutting unnecessary verbage, and the like. But…wow. Talk… Continue reading Word splurge and refining the query
To do list for World Fantasy:
Finish Mercenary Savior 4.0 (almost there!) Figure out a good elevator pitch for MS 4.0. Memorize the bus system of Columbus Ohio. Get con roommate’s phone number. Get a ride Sunday night from the Salt Lake airport. Acquire and memorize the convention schedule. Figure out a list of specific goals to accomplish. Do laundry. Pack… Continue reading To do list for World Fantasy:
Crunch time
Sixty six percent! I’ve officially passed the two thirds mark in the fourth revision for Mercenary Savior–and not a moment too soon. With only a week and a half until World Fantasy 2010, it’s crunch time. I’ll probably quit my temp job a week early in order to devote the last few days of the… Continue reading Crunch time
Story Notebook #3 (part 1)
I’m not sure whether this notebook is #3 or #2. There’s a lot of notes from English 318, which would put it in the winter, but I don’t know if it’s from ’08 or ’09. Not that that matters; ideas are ideas. And here they are! An empty parking garage with no exit. Covered this… Continue reading Story Notebook #3 (part 1)