This past weekend was Windycon, and I had a blast. I’ve been going to Windycon every year for the past four and always had a great time. This year was the first time I signed up to be on panels, and it definitely made for a different — and even … Continue reading
Here are the story seeds for week 2 of the November Flash Challenge I launched last week. Take one or both of the following images as inspiration and write a story! It doesn’t matter how closely you adhere or how far you stray from the original image(s), nor should you … Continue reading
For those of us who don’t have the time to do NaNoWriMo this month but still want to get in on the writing action, I’ve decided to kick-off a November Flash Challenge. This is also the start of a “Story Seeds” blog series I’ve had percolating in my backbrain for awhile now, … Continue reading
This is Part 3 of a series of posts I’m doing about building skill in descriptive narrative prose and language use. In this installment I dig down into some theory and practice (my own personal theory and practice, anyway). Click here for Part 1. Or click here for Part 2. With … Continue reading
This is Part 2 of a series of posts I’m doing about building skill in descriptive narrative prose and language use. Click here for Part 1. Poetic Prose: Think like a Storyteller, Write like a Poet I admit it: I have dabbled in poetry. The Forbidden Art. I took a … Continue reading
This is Part 1 of a series of posts I’m doing about building skill in descriptive narrative prose and language use. This installment provides a basic introduction and some warm-up exercises. Recently a friend from my writing group, the very talented z.m. quỳnh, complimented my use of language and description … Continue reading
I had a new and unexpected experience this past Friday at the Nebula Award Weekend. Someone recognized me from the internet. A few months back, looking for feedback on short stories, I joined Codex, a forum for “neo-pro” spec-fic writers. After joining, I decided I should do what a normal, sociable … Continue reading
In my last post, I promised to talk about WisCon 39. Personal stuff came up last week after the con, but I am now able to follow through. I’ll hit a few highlights, panels and events that made a particular impression, but feel free to jump around and read whichever sections catch your interest. … Continue reading
Yesterday, I stumbled across The Writer’s Voice, which looked like a good opportunity and an excuse to actually start posting here. Next post should be about WisCon 39, which I’ll be attending this weekend. So here’s my query letter and the first 250 words of The Stepping Stones, for The Writer’s … Continue reading
Welcome to the soft launch of my new website! Take a look around, relax in the shade of the directory tree, stop and smell the ones and zeroes. Or don’t, no pressure. Continue reading
