Writing
Accidental Network
When I was still trying to understand Twitter I had this conversation once with a friend who signed onto Twitter before I did. “I’m in a chat.” “On Twitter? How the hell do you chat in Twitter? Is there a room everyone goes to?” “No, we just all follow each other.” This struck me as…
Read MoreBinge Writing
On writing in short bursts I am often asked by imaginary people how it is I managed to have gotten so much writing done over the years despite working full time and raising two children to their current heights. And the answer is very simple: I am a binge writer. This fantastic term, which I’m…
Read MoreThe joys of research
Researching a new book So I’m busily researching material for the third Immortal book, tentatively titled I Have No Idea What This Is About Yet Immortal. I may change the title later. Researching something to add onto an existing creation, when that creation is a mutant amalgam of history, science fiction, and fantasy, is a…
Read MorePeter Pan not-so Complex
Aging Readers, I pride myself on not being old. Sure, my hair may be greying, but I still have a full head of it. And I may not be in the very best shape of my life, but I am in better shape than I was five years ago. I have kept up-to-date with music,…
Read MoreOn agents
I ended up in a Twitter chat last night for anyone interested in asking a literary agent a question, and I realized… I didn’t have any questions. Well, that’s not true, I had two: “would you like to represent me” and, “how about now?” But those are rude questions, because I have to think there…
Read MoreWelcome
Ancient times Let me take you back to when I first started writing for the Internet. The year was 1995, and “the Internet” consisted of America On-Line and a sign posted at the edge of AOL that read “Here There Be Monsters”. That was where the rest of the World Wide Web lived, and one…
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