Possibly stepping out for a while
I have had a few amazing experiences over the past few weeks, not least of which was recording an episode of the Roundtable Podcast (as a guest writer) last night. I was thrilled with the podcast and...
View ArticleWhere have you Been my Friends?
I am thrilled at the moment, thrilled and mentally exhausted. Why? I have been brainstorming and character-building, for the first time as a major part of the job since I don’t know when. Why am I...
View ArticleEverything Old Must Become New Again
Listening to an old two-part episode of the Roundtable Podcast on a long break. Some of the lines from this set really resonated with me. First of all, writing well is about passion and persistence,...
View ArticleA Brief Plug before Writing
I am a huge fan of the Roundtable Podcast, where Dave Robison and over the course of many episodes, loads of other terrific people talk about story ideas brought by writers. I’ve been one of the guest...
View ArticleNo Such Thing as a Jerk
Plenty of people act like jerks a fair amount, but I’d say no one is really a jerk all the time. Moreover, not everyone reacts the same way to the same stimulus. Some people may see certain behaviors...
View ArticleMoving Dreamward
I did some editing of a year-and-a-half-old novel yesterday and was quite pleased with the text as I found it. This particular novel is a young adult science fiction that involves technology centered...
View ArticleMild
Mild annoyance? Mostly. Mild personality? Never. Mild autism? Definitely. If anything still bothers me about the episode of the Roundtable Podcast I was on around two years ago now, it has to be that...
View Articleout of this Town
I am going on my annual summer trip to the eastern part of the United States where my parents are from. Don’t expect a whole lot of activity from me, either on a podcast or on this blog until the...
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