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Haydn and hope for the late bloomer.
I’ve been educating myself recently, friends. See, I have a 35-odd minute commute to and from work, and I’ve started listening to educational lectures as I drive it. Not to mention my occasional 6 – 7...
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No, YOU’RE a bastard, John Scalzi!*
John Scalzi called me a bastard the other night. I may have been asking for it, though. I have high hopes that we can someday reconcile, preferably in a field of daisies through which we can cavort,...
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Make ‘em work for it, baby.
I just finished a book that I rather enjoyed, but which, interestingly, I could tell was never going to be—and likely was never intended to be—a book with mass-market appeal. It was a spec-fic...
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Write what matters.
Friends, I’ve been ruminating on the nature of fiction recently, and on what I expect from my writing. This will be rambly, and I’d apologize in advance, except I’m not sorry, so if you want to read...
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How much do I want it?
I used to be a runner. I don’t like writing that, but there it is. I’m not a runner anymore, and that bothers me, because I really liked being a runner. The sense of accomplishment was awesome. The...
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Best. Rejection. Ever.
Sometimes, friends, you don’t mind getting a rejection letter. We writers can fall into the trap of seeing editors as monolithic gatekeepers, iron-fistedly barring the birth canal to our fresh and...
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There’s Method to my Madness. Sorta.
Some writers have prescribed rituals related to the writing of different books. They’ll burn a certain kind of scented candle, create a playlist that reflects the mood of their project, practice...
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Mercedes Yardley’s Beautiful Sorrows. You want it.
Friends, you may remember the lovely Mercedes. She and I have had some lovely, fictional run ins over the years, and a couple of non-fictional run-ins. Thankfully, the non-fictional run-ins didn’t...
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Flash Fiction Wednesday (A Non-Recurring Event)
It’s been a while since I wrote flash fic, folks. But then I had an idea the other night, and had to sit down and bang it out. And lucky you, I decided that I had neither the time, nor the inclination...
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Cumulative Sentences and SUCK IT, HATERS!*
I’ve mentioned before, friends, that I’m mildly addicted to the lectures from The Great Courses, and since I’ve listened through all the ones I have already, and can’t afford to buy any more at the...
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