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News from the Publishing Hinterlands
As I get back into the swing of things, I have been catching up on some recent publishing news as well as a few things I wanted to discuss in April. Sorry if I’m a bit late to the game and these topics...
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Songs I Always Stop and Listen to
I wanted to do a list today. I’ve been in a list-making mood (as opposed to a listless mood, which is totally different.) xD I’ve got some favorite songs that I will always stop and listen to when they...
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Remembering My First Taste
I can remember the first time that I ate a tomato. Okay, it is one of my earliest memories and is probably more of an impression than a fixed memory we have when we’re older. I think I was three years...
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The Dog Days Are Over
While in my car on my lunch hour during this beautiful, windy day in the ATL, I realized that my day could have been worse. I could have been the guy in the yellow sports car pulled over the cop… or I...
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Saturday Music Playlist
Music is a huge part of my creative process, whether it is grooving in the car thinking up new ideas or playing the same songs over and over to catch a mood for a particular scene. Sometimes I obsess...
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Happy Holiday Weekend
Been an amazing weekend so far. I managed to get some sun on my shoulders, and I’m no longer worried about blinding people with the whiteness of my legs. I have vanquished the tone of my Medusa-like...
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News from the Publishing Hinterlands
Despite writing four more pages today, I’ve been a bad, bad writer. I wasn’t working on my Dreamless City novel-in-progress, nor was I finishing the last section of our Life of a Foundry Moth short...
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Art of the Edit – Part I
I was lucky enough to participate in a webinar called The Art of the Edit by Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry (The Book Doctors), wonderfully helpful and experienced pros of the book publishing...
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Art of the Edit – Part II
Here is the follow up to my previous post about the art of the edit. I was lucky enough to participate in a webinar called The Art of the Edit by Arielle Eckstut and David Henry Sterry (The Book...
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Saturday Sunshine Music Playlist
Music is a huge part of my creative process, whether it is grooving in the car thinking up new ideas or playing the same songs over and over to catch a mood for a particular scene. Sometimes I obsess...
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Genre Drama
I’m not titling this as news from the publishing hinterlands since it is only one piece of drama. I generally try to avoid drama and gossip and stick to the issues, but some of the stuff going on with...
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New Page for Life of a Foundry Moth
While working on the final installment of Life of a Foundry Moth, I found myself flipping back and forth between my pages, both on my blog as well as my story files. It wasn’t condensed very well, and...
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Life of a Foundry Moth – Teaser for Part Four
Friday is D-day, when we’re going to wrap up Life of a Foundry Moth. I didn’t want to leave everyone hanging until then (or maybe I’m a cruel person and want to torment everyone with just enough to...
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A Round of Words in 80 Days
For anyone who has not heard of it, ROW80 is “a writing challenge that knows you have a life.” You can check out all the details here but the short version is that you set personal goals and have 80...
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Shot at the Night
This might best describe my early morning and late night ramblings, er, I mean writings. These are probably the best times for me to write without my inner editor present. I should really try to write...
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Saturday Music Playlist
Music is a huge part of my creative process, whether it is grooving in the car thinking up new ideas or playing the same songs over and over to catch a mood for a particular scene. Sometimes I obsess...
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I Make My Own Luck
This writing thing is pretty solitary business, and I only have myself to be accountable too. Looking back on this weekend, geez, I didn’t meet my expectations. The free time was there, but I thought...
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Addictive Like Potato Chips
Okay, I need to ‘fes up here. I didn’t come up with the title of this post. I am borrowing it from John Scalzi’s post a couple weeks ago. It stuck in my head, so when I found myself listening to this...
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Saturday Music Playlist
Music is a huge part of my creative process, whether it is grooving in the car thinking up new ideas or playing the same songs over and over to catch a mood for a particular scene. Sometimes I obsess...
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Much Ado About Love Triangles
Also known as “why am I doing this to myself?” My WIP The Dreamless City has a love triangle in it. I decided that niggling little detail early on in my original plotting for my steampunk urban fantasy...
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