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Spinning out

Just a quick post before I go to bed…and I really should, because it’s freaking late. I feel like I’ve been getting more and more busy, yet less and less productive.  It’s @%$! frustrating.  In the last two weeks, I’ve had numerous job applications and interviews (though not as many interviews as I’d like), tons… Continue reading Spinning out

Quarter Finalist? AAAHHHH!!!

Holy crap, Genesis Earth made the quarter finals for the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest! That means that it’s one of 250 other entries that will go on to the next round of voting.  The grand prize is a publishing contract with Penguin for a $15k advance. I’m happy to see I’m not the… Continue reading Quarter Finalist? AAAHHHH!!!

A Fascinating Moral Dilemma

For FHE* tonight, we had an interesting discussion about ethical dilemmas and moral absolutes.  It started with the following question: If you were a prisoner of war, would you consent to have sex with the prison warden if it would set you free? The overwhelming answer, predictably enough (at least from a bunch of Mormons),… Continue reading A Fascinating Moral Dilemma

A few additional thoughts

So, after the last post on my ebook venture, I have a few thoughts: I haven’t yet decided to go all out indie, so don’t think that I am.  All I’m doing right now is putting out a couple of my short stories, mostly so I can learn hands-on how the epublishing process works (and… Continue reading A few additional thoughts

Business Plan for an ebook venture

Alright, after watching the market and giving it some considerable thought, I’ve decided to venture into indie publishing, if only to test the waters.  I’ll release a couple of short stories first, mostly to learn how to format and release an ebook, and from there I’ll move on to other work. I spent this afternoon… Continue reading Business Plan for an ebook venture

Deceptively unproductive day

Man, where did the day go?  I don’t feel like I was lazy, yet I only wrote about 1.2k words for the whole day.  And things were going so well the day before… Well, I guess I was busy, just with a whole lot of other things.  Donated plasma (which took all morning), got some… Continue reading Deceptively unproductive day

Racing along

Ugh, why do I always stay up until 2am?  And then I don’t get up until ten.  Man, I need a job–either that, or more self discipline. Just a quick post before I hit the sack.  I’m making excellent progress with the revision of Mercenary Savior, regularly hitting between 7k and 8k per day.  Most… Continue reading Racing along

Some chiastic poetry

Recently, I’ve taken to writing poetry in church–partially to keep me awake, but also to explore elements of worship, such as this one I wrote a few weeks ago: Bread and water, types of Christ, bond us in the covenant and make us His people; bearing His name, joined in discipleship, remembering the Savior by… Continue reading Some chiastic poetry