Look, I read a book: Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Image via Wikipedia Truth be told, I should have read Dragonflight a long, long time ago. Originally published in 1968, this book has been around since, well, as long as I’ve been alive. Longer, even....
View ArticleAn additional word or two about "Look, I read a book"
Image via Wikimedia Commons Recently, (more specifically, after this post), I came to the realization that I don’t talk about books enough in general. Writing, sure. I ramble on about my own writing...
View ArticleFortune Favors the Foolish
According to the internet (and really, if we can’t trust the interwebs, who can we trust!?), Chinese philospher Lao-tzu wrote, “A journey of a thousand leagues begins beneath one’s feet.” The common...
View ArticleGone Puddin’
I know, we haven’t talked in a while. It’s, like, I haven’t been around for the past few days or something. Well, actually, it’s not like that at all. It’s exactly that. I haven’t been. Around, that...
View ArticlePostscript: In Defense of Aquaman
It never ceases to amaze me how every time I start with something small and intentionally shallow, I end up contemplating it hours later in a completely different way. Case in point, yesterday’s post...
View ArticleA quick warning and a tale of two books
I’m not messing around when I said “a quick warning,” because I’ve reached that point again. I’ve got the last few chapters of OTHER THING in my sights, meaning I expect to finish it this week....
View ArticleHow I (actually) write a book
So, I guess when I wrote this post about the little, everyday rewards I’d give myself after accomplishing a day’s word count, I promised that after finishing the initial draft of OTHER THING, I’d write...
View ArticleFilling my Monday with a little Wild Rumpus
I probably should be inside at the computer concocting some long-winded, spittle-flinging, cockle-searing rant about how the kids these days don’t appreciate all the NSA snooping my tax dollars are...
View ArticleUnrelated things you should know about
Some people get to travel to interesting, exciting places for business. New York City, Paris, London, New Orleans, Las Vegas. I also get to travel for business from time to time. And when I do, boy,...
View ArticleAgain with the whining and the excuses (or, Starting a new novel, revisited)
Well, that didn’t last long. Just a mere three weeks ago, I was basking in the glow of having finished a draft of OTHER THING. I had nothing but time on my hands, which I happily spent trying not to...
View ArticleCulturally Bereft
For the benefit of those of you who don’t know about San Diego Comic-Con, well, in a nutshell, it’s this convention thing every year in San Diego. All the geek people descend upon the San Diego...
View ArticleLook, I read a book: Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
I’ve been struggling with fantasy novels lately. For reasons that I largely suspect lie smack dab at the crossroads of It’s Not You and It’s Me, I just can’t get full invested. I read a chapter or two...
View ArticleThe next greatest thing
Since the moment I started stumbling along the path to becoming America’s Next Top Model a (someday) published author back in 2010, one of the most awesome things about the journey has been hitting new...
View ArticleLook, I read a book: Under the Empyrean Sky by Chuck Wendig
If you don’t mind me dragging you a bit—by the arms and legs or hair or whatever works—down memory lane, in a previous Look, I read a book post, I mentioned how I’d gotten to a point where I was...
View ArticleLanding Your Dream Agent in One Easy Step
Earlier today, I put the last few words of revision into the manuscript for Project Macaroni and sent it off through the ether to my agent. For the foreseeable future I will try to forget about it...
View ArticleHelp me pick a book, Internet
It’s Monday, and our weekend was filled to bursting with Doing All The Things That Families with Kids Do (plus hockey). In other words, at the moment I’m tired, sore, tired, headache-ridden, and (did I...
View ArticleYou Can’t Live On Bread Alone But It Makes For A Pretty Sweet Hobby
We…we need to talk. I don’t know how to say this. Maybe you should sit down. In fact, you might need a stiff drink. You see, I’ve…I’ve been keeping something from you. A secret. For months now. I...
View ArticleMy First Book: The Road To Reformation
Okay, so it’s “My First Book” only in the sense that it’s a book of my words and pictures I bound together with staples at 3:00 AM one night twenty-plus years ago. Nope, I’m afraid this isn’t news...
View ArticleGames Writers Play: Seven Lines from Page Seven
A few days ago, I was tagged in a one of those chain-style Facebook memes where someone is chosen to do something very specific and then post evidence of it a status update, at which point they’re free...
View ArticleMy Friend Has A Book Out In The World: FREE AGENT by JC Nelson Is Out Today!
When I decided, lo, the many years ago, that I was going to quit pretending to be writer and actually put some effort into, you know, writing, I had many, many expectations. I expected I’d put a lot...
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