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Sorry to shout, but it\’s almost time. Time to start thinking and plotting and daydreaming about a set of characters for the time-honored tradition of National Novel Writing Month. So far, I will be a Municipal Liaison again, mosttly because I really want a t-shirt this year. But the thing was a blast and there…
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\”It takes an awful lot of time for me to write anything. I haveendless drafts, one after another; and I try out fifty,seventy-five, or a hundred variations on a single line sometimes. Iwork on the process of refining low-grade ore. I get maybe a coupleof nuggets of gold out of fifty tons of dirt. It…
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I have been editing a 550 page novel at the amazing rate of 20 pages per day. Okay, it was 20 pages the first day and then I planned to revise twenty pages each day after that. The best laid plans… But the good news is, it\’s pre-season football season. There is nothing better than…
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What if the same folks who produce Ambien, also sell weight loss pills? Hmmm
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While writing about a book in my Random Acts of Reading blog, I mentioned a fellow and a frequent occurence from eight grade. I actually included his name and the teacher\’s name. Couple days later, there was a comment from him, a big time California lawyer now. My surreal moment of the week. I think…
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Last time I looked, our little site is getting very close to the thousandth visitor. I know, small numbers for some, but I am pretty pumped about getting into the four digit numbers. Coming this fall at the story factory, two exciting new works of fiction will be in progress, along with a contest to…
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Discovery undocked from the space station. They\’re checking for damage and getting set to come home tomorrow. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
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Why do writers write? Because it isn\’t there. Thomas Berger After reading some writing quotes, it struck me. Most of the truly successful writers have industrial sized chips on their shoulders. And are quite proud to show them off. The novels I\’ve been reading this summer, the ones that get under your skin and stay…
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\”Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones therecording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn ahole with. He cannot inflame the minds of his audience.\”–Henry David Thoreau There is probably the biggest problem I have had lately writing. Writing while the idea is still fresh and new.…
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I was not born a space junkie. It was a gift from my father, when I was about five years old and my father woke me up and made me watch Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. It was history, and gosh darn, Dad wouldn\’t let me miss it, inspite of the late hour and…
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