Category Archive for: ‘Writing’

• Cory Wins!

  I’ve always liked Cory Doctorow, so I’m really happy that his first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, has won the Locus award! Dude, we love you! Read more here.

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• How to Write a Best-Selling Fantasy Novel

  Not as funny or as lengthy as Diana Wynne Jones’s (sadly out of print) Tough Guide to Fantasyland, but funny nonetheless. click here.

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• Working on the SubMeister

  My submissions tracker got rather crufty and I spent a couple of hours spiffing it up to make it easier for me to see what was out, what needed to get sent out (or revised), and what needed work. In other words, a ToDo list …

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• Writing Goals

  July 1: Two short stories revised and out the door. All citations and references in place for writing the paper (this is mostly done). Doodle on outline for current novel. XSL-FO template written for IEEE paper. That may not sound like a writing goal, but …

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• Feeling Lost

  Today was a day to work on a bunch of projects I don’t normally have enough time to work on, including the fuzzyorange.com rework. I know I need to work on my novel’s structure, but I’m feeling the same kind of lost that I have …

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• Go, Word Press!

  I changed the blog format over. This is much nicer! I managed to get pretty much everything converted correctly. Oh, and I got the package off in the mail today. Now to buff up some shorts to get in the mail. Today, Steve Eley also …

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• Well isn’t that the way things go?

  Trying to finish chapter 3, but I can’t for the life of me remember what the logic flaw was. Feh.

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• Go, Maggie!

  Friend and author Margaret H. Bonham, just announced that her fantasy novel will be published by Yard Dog Press, a great small sf/f press out of the south.

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• Crossing Jordan

  Opening bit from the pilot. I loved it for its quick characterization of Jordan and her issues. “So, Jordan, what brings you to our anger management workshop today?” “Well, I was, uh, remanded here by my place of employment. I kicked my boss in the …

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• Stupid Dialogue

  Woke up early today. The beginning of Chapter 20 has some especially stupid dialogue, but I’m leaving it for now. I’m really making some great novel progress and some headway into post-Clarion life. Today is a “sort stuff out” day, to deal with all the …

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