I know I said ‘next year ain’t looking good, either,’ last year, but jeeze. Finished up that one year-long, over-time heavy job I was on, moved to a new place for a super-intensive pursuit for a few months at a university, commuted weekly somewhere else for a couple of months, had a few short travel
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Well, I warned you I would be remarkably busy, this year (and next year ain’t looking good, either). I did get in some writing time during my last deployment, but it was all spent on continuity edits, improvements, and structural adjustments preparing for the final two chapters. Honestly new material just started in the last
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Down to Two By number of words, not a lot has actually changed since the last update. I just finalized Chapter 16. But behind the scenes, there has been serious progress. Some knotty structural and pacing issues have been tentatively solved and I have a list of edits to bring the imminent conclusion of The
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So, it looks like I’m going to be going on the road for a long time for work. Like, ‘I’ll be done in early 2022’ long time. This will involve unimaginable levels of overtime, a passport, and living out of a suitcase. I’m not sure if that will make me more productive or less, for
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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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I have returned to the good old US of A (or “the States,” as every single person abroad says) after a few months hopping around several undisclosed, sandy countries. It was only moderately unpleasant, and work went well enough I got several attaboys and two job offers, so I consider it all a success. Unknown
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A reminder that The Mountain Throne will be featured in Kirkus Reviews‘ Indie Books Worth Discovering in a few weeks. I have to say so now because the day job calls and I will be mostly indisposed overseas for the next few months. Internet connectivity will exist, more or less, but I can expect long
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