short stories, sales funnel, miscellaneous life updates
Aristillus The Aristillus books are off to a writing coach who will be reviewing them (or, rather, Act 1 of book 1) over the holidays....
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Sarah Hoyt has a great blog and I always love reading it, but a recent post of hers included this video: I left my response...
What I’m trying to accomplish with this novel
I recently told an acquaintance what I’m trying to accomplish with this novel: This is what Heinlein’s Moon is a Harsh Mistress would be if...
Back at it
I took six weeks off. A week ago I got back to the novel. Draft 4 target completion date: 15 November 2013....
one week break
Lots of stuff needs to be done at work, and I’m a bit tired of writing, so I’m taking a one week break. Back at...
chapter 149: Darren continues salvaging nuclear material from crashed UN ships, then gets a weird emails
== 2064: lunar surface near lock #473, Aristillus, Lunar Nearside Darren scratched ineffectually at the side of his suit. His glove brushed against the fabric...
progress continues
I finished the Mike-and-Darcy thread. There’s some really nice symmetry there – the book starts with a chapter that showcases Mike and shows that Darcy...
Leslie Fish
Leslie Fish just gave me permission to use some lyrics from one of her songs in the novel. Woooooot! In a hat-tip to my various...
behind the scenes
Brian left a comment: I am reminded that RAH and Virginia, for short story, used a roll of butcher paper and two days of time...
planning a novel: magic comes from hard work
In a thread about writing, Vox Day writes: http://voxday.blogspot.com/2013/08/rules-of-writing-ii.html Some authors love to create myths about the magic of the process, but as Glenn Frey...