…and not a moment too soon. I leave for the Salt Lake airport in eight hours, to try and sell this ugly beast masterpiece at World Fantasy. Let’s hope I can find a few editors/agents who are willing to take a look at the manuscript! Here are the stats: Mercenary Savior 4.0 words: 123,045 pages:… Continue reading Mercenary Savior 4.0 is FINISHED!
Tag: World Fantasy 2010
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:
What have you learned from reading science fiction?
While trolling around the new Facebook questions app, I came across this interesting question. Unable to resist, I spent the next hour crafting my answer. This is what I wrote: Gosh, what HAVEN’T I learned from science fiction? Because of science fiction, I do not fear the alien. I do not feel threatened by people… Continue reading What have you learned from reading science fiction?
I’m still here!
Man, it’s been forever since I’ve posted something. I’d blog more often, but I think you guys would get bored pretty quick if all I did was tell you how the writing went each day. Don’t be fooled; the writing process isn’t NEARLY as interesting as the stuff we write (unless you’re writing amateur fanfic…just… Continue reading I’m still here!
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
Blarg!
What a crappy unproductive day. This morning, I had all sorts of technical difficulties with my podcatcher and mp3 player. Spent so much time fixing those that I got no writing time in whatsoever. Work actually got out on time today, which was nice, but I had so many chores to do before institute that… Continue reading Blarg!
Third Quarter 2010
This might be more than a little dorky, but I keep track of how much I write each day in a giant spreadsheet and do a blog post at the end of each quarter summing up how things went. It’s October already, so this is the Q3 report. Here goes: In July, I was working… Continue reading Third Quarter 2010
Just another update
Just another quick update, before I crash. Went to the Book Academy Conference at UVU today. It was fun, with several excellent panels by some local authors. More about that in a later post. My new mp3 player arrived today: a refurbished iRiver T10. An ancient, nearly obsolete machine, but it’s got a good quality… Continue reading Just another update
Job – reliable internet = spotty posting
Sorry for the general lack of posts these past few days. I haven’t fallen off the face of the Earth (yet), I’m just working full time and living in a place that doesn’t have reliable internet. Someone in the complex tried to set up a wireless router, and now the internet is down. For some… Continue reading Job – reliable internet = spotty posting
Yay for work!
So I found a job today, which should keep me in the black until November and help me save up enough money for World Fantasy 2010. The job is at a warehouse for a locally based costuming company. It only runs through October, but that’s perfect because the training for the wilderness job starts the… Continue reading Yay for work!