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I haven't been feeling well the last week or so with some head cold/ flu thing that completely kicked my ass and knocked me out. I've been fiddling with some stuff here and there, but I haven't managed anything major. Projects that I'…
Badder than Bad
I've let some ideas stew in my mind over this last weekend, sometimes on the back burner, sometimes right up front. One time, I almost jumped out of bed near midnight to make a post. But that was at about midnight, and I had to work the next…
Hubris and the Inner Editor
I've been working on a separate blog post for a few hours, following up on where I left of last time. Lost in a train of though, I went back to review what I'd already written, and wow I think I sound pretty arrogant. Here I…
"You're sitting in a tavern and a stranger walks in..."
Magazines and websites that publish fantasy fiction have wide and varied guidelines. I believe this is because fantasy fiction itself is a wide and varied genre. A writer is free to explore pretty much anything he or she wants. Different publishing venues have different visions of where they want to…
"You're sitting in a tavern and a stranger walks in..."
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A Journey into Fantasy
At the moment I am reading SCIENCE FICTION 101 edited by Robert Silverberg. It contains some of the stories that shaped him as a young writer, and he analyzes these works as to why they are not only brilliant stories, but brilliant Science Fiction stories. The Forward of this book…
Schrodinger's Cat
In my experience, to be a writer is to live in a near-perpetual state as Schrodinger's Cat. For those who are unfamiliar with this concept, it is a thought experiment in quantum mechanics. Way back in the 1930's, Schrodinger wrote: One can even set up quite…
The Healing Power of Writing
So... It's been a day. Hell... It's been a long week already. Masive emotional roller coaster. I had to go to the Sacramento County Courthouse today and got some legal advice that really threw my world into a tailspin. Before any of you freak out and…
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.
In the past month, I have officially become a professional writer. I figure this is the best time to try and keep up a regular blog. I had one over at LiveJournal for a while, and it's still up for anyone to look at. It's at…
