Back at the end of August, I blogged about how I was going to do a writing challenge in September to produce more short stories to fill out my publishing queue. At the time, I had a couple of stories that looked like they were going to be picked up by one of the major… Continue reading Bowing Out
Tag: Goals and Plans
Searching for a routine
Just a quick update post. My parents came over to visit last week, and we’ve all come down with a mild cold, so our family routine has been more or less up-ended. That’s just the nature of routines, though: they work until they’re inevitably disrupted, at which point you need to reassess and adapt to… Continue reading Searching for a routine
Print vs. Ebook vs. Audiobook: When To Own
In last week’s post, I tried to make a comprehensive list of all the pros and cons associated with the various book formats. The purpose of that exercise was to figure out when to acquire a book in print, in audio, in ebook form, or some combination of all three. It’s long been my goal… Continue reading Print vs. Ebook vs. Audiobook: When To Own
Spring Shorts 2022 #4: The Freedom of Second Chances
I’m really happy with how this short story turned out. It pushes the edge in a lot of interesting ways, with the main character having to choose between duty and honor and doing what is right, and a forced abortion situation that puts the lie to the “women’s right to choose” insanity. It will probably… Continue reading Spring Shorts 2022 #4: The Freedom of Second Chances
Refining my short story strategy
I’ve blogged several times about my short story strategy. To restate it briefly, I’ve found that it works best to self-publish all of my short story singles for free, and to take them down when I have enough of them (+40k words, usually about 10 stories) to bundle into a collection. I earn more this… Continue reading Refining my short story strategy
A reading hack for the ADHD-addled brain
I’ve got a mild case of ADHD. As a kid, I took ritalin from grade 3 through about grade 8, and as an adult, I occasionally self-medicate with caffeine (usually in the form of soft drinks, since I don’t drink coffee or tea). I can function all right without treating it, but I am more… Continue reading A reading hack for the ADHD-addled brain
Slight Change of Direction
I’m currently a little over 54k words into the rough draft of Children of the Starry Sea, the sequel to Star Wanderers and second book in the Outworld Trilogy. Most of my novels fall somewhere between 40k and 80k words, so if this was a typical WIP, I would be pretty close to finishing it.… Continue reading Slight Change of Direction
Unpublishing The Other Side of Reality
It’s been a good run, but I think it’s time to take this one down. It was always more of a fun side project, a cute little story written more for myself than for anyone else. It’s gotten to the point where I think I have too many free short story singles out, and I… Continue reading Unpublishing The Other Side of Reality
Reading Resolution
My resolution last year was to read or DNF 100 books. I was doing pretty well on it through the summer, but then I stopped using Goodreads and lost count. (No particular reason, other than that I just fell out of using the site. It’s clunky and difficult to navigate, and after I started using… Continue reading Reading Resolution
NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Four
Words Written Today: 2,206 Children of the Starry Sea: 0 “In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight”: 2,206 Science Fiction from A to Z: 0 Total Words Written: 8,595 Total Words Remaining: 41,405 Total Words Ahead: 1,927 Really fun scene today in my short story “In the Wake of Zedekiah Wight,” which is quickly turning into… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2021: Day Four