The latest in my little series on writing techniques. It’s simple, but it works. This is what I do when I have an idea of how to proceed, but not the details. A plan, general intent, or if I’m stumbling over words or unsure of mood or some other technical matter, I do this and
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My interview with the website/e-zine Liberty Island went live today. Liberty Island is a self-described home to the ‘counterculture’ in science-fiction/fantasy that struggles against the woke conformity dominating its upper reaches. What Culture War? I have not personally been involved in any of this (I am far too much of a new and small fish
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Jeeze, I haven’t written anything here since September?! I mean, I can tell you why, but that’s still longer than I thought. PROGRESS ON BOOK II From October to December, there wasn’t a lot to report. Finished up Chapter 13, then re-wrote it because I didn’t like it, then ran into chronology issues (a repeat
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This is going to be brief. I had a nice personable, friendly toned post with thoughtful stuff on writing process, but this stupid-ass program ate it. “You are navigating away from this page before you’ve posted.” “What? No I’m not. Cancel.” “Fuck you, I’m deleting everything anyway.” *save draft* In short, the two extremes of
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