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Goals 2010 and Other Updates
I suppose I need to put together a "goals" post or else I won't have anything upon which to reflect at the end of the year. Make sense?Just like last year, there are things I want out of 2010. Some I can control; some I can't.What I can do:1. Alway...
WIP Wednesday: The OUCH! Edition
Why I don't submit to many "literary" markets anymore:This story requires a suspension of disbelief of epic proportions. The title is not great. The story is not original. Again, thanks so much for your submission.No, thank you for reminding me. So I...
WIP Wednesday: Other Schtuff
Yeah. Another "snow day" (I'm bracing for another barb from our friends on the east coast...). Hey man, we have drifts. Big drifts. ;)Anyway. Here's what I have to offer on this WIP Wednesday: Ed's departure from our publishing venture has left...
WIP Wednesday: Quick and Dirty
After the introspective spew of the last two posts, here's something quick and dirty. Loathsome rewrites are done, and I'm damned pleased with the book. Yeah, it's short (after one more round of edits I'm expecting 68K), but it's tasty. I stayed u...
WIP Wednesday: Getting My Hands Dirty
Loathsome has some kinks, but I'm rolling up my sleeves and pushing my fingers into the mud. It's a helluva lot of fun right now. I just edited the first big attack from the Ruined Men. Good stuff. I like this excerpt because it reveals a little a...
Things Ruinous, Things Unexpected
If you haven't heard already, the magnificent Arkham Tales #5 is out, but dead on arrival. This will be their last issue. My short story, "Little Fingers", scheduled for a future issue, is now an orphan. But don't weep for her. Weep for good, weird f...
WIP Wednesday: Reading with My Kids
Owen is in first grade, mired in learning to read. He brings home a few new books each night, and we spend a chunk of the evening sounding out words. Last night, we read:Horror-writer dad jumps up and yells "hooray!"The Boogly came out of the swamp...
WIP Wednesday: I Need an Intervention
Just as I wrapped up edits on my flash pieces last week, just as I thought it was safe to delve into full revisions of Loathsome...another short story idea seized me by the throat and wouldn't let go. I blame it on American Fantastic Tales, a new tw...
WIP Wednesday: Scraps
I was trying to sew together some stray bits and pieces, hopefully rendering something worthwhile from the fragments of my flash drive. So then, I take a walk, and WHAM!...new ideas start smacking me around like a stubborn mackerel. (die fish, die)...
WIP Wednesday: Zombie Snails!
How could I watch this video about zombie snails and not be inspired to write something?I call my take "Guided by Wire" and it will appear in a future edition of the new Night Chills magazine. A man who eats of the snail that has eaten of the worms.....
WIP Wednesday: Huzzah for the Short Form!
Okay, I ended my first draft of Loathsome on Monday with a sub-stellar word count of 62K. With 10-15K of needed additions, I can sit with that.Now (rubs hands together), I can write some short stories. First up to bat: "Climb". I'm about 1,000 words ...
This is the End?
I "finished" my first draft of Loathsome yesterday. Finished is such a funny word, isn't it? That...thing is far from "finished". I hate the book right now. I'm sure it's total crap.*sigh*We'll see how I feel in a month. For now, I'm thrilled to be b...
WIP Wednesday: Cold, Wet, Tired
My MC, that is. I'm about a week out from the end of the first draft of Loathsome at my current writing rate. At 56K, I've been able to ad 8K words in the last week. Huzzah! I'd love to knock this baby out, let it sit for the rest of September, a...
WIP Wednesday: District 9 was Awesome Edition
District 9. Amazing. That's about as much as I can say without spoilers. I've waited for a movie like this for a long time. Smart, action-packed, equal parts empathy and revulsion for the main character...a film that doesn't talk down to the audience...
WIP Wednesday...so tired
The first "official" day of school went down yesterday.I talk too much on day one. Blah, blah, blah, expectations...blah, blah, blah, syllabus...so tired. I will eventually catch the swing of things again, but until I do the project (aka Loathsome) ...
WIP Wednesday: The Poetry Edition
Why the poetry edition? Well, Vicious Verses and Reanimated Rhymes: Zany Zombie Poetry for the Undead Head edited by A.P. Fuchs has just been released by Coscom Entertainment, and yes, I wrote a little ode to the undead for the collection. Buy a copy...
WIP Wenesday: The Back to School Edition
Yes...school. For those of you that grumble about teachers having 2 1/2 months off every year (at least here in the U.S.), I'll just tell you what the PE teachers say to me when I complain about them wearing sweats every day: you picked your major (o...
WIP Wednesday: Subpar Home Makeover Edition
Color me unimpressive; I only added a little over 4K on Loathsome...I blame it on a lengthy visit from the in-laws, the continuous saga to paint the trim of our house, and a short story that begged to be written. The visit was fun and the short stor...
WIP Wednesday; On Not Naming Names
Well...yes. Wednesday again? Here goes. Loathsome stands at 23K--not a huge jump from last week, but I'm managing around 1,000 words a day. Funny how I write less in the summer when I have more "free time". (I also have a wife and two kids sharin...
WIP Wednesday...It's still Wednesday, Right?
Okay, I'm up to my eyeballs in paint (trimming the house...thank God for bricks), so this will be a quick update.I'm just shy of 17K in Loathsome Dark and Deep and just penned the end of the first act. I have some details to add, and I suspect act on...
WIP Wednesday: The Small Press Edition
So, I changed my direction entirely. As of last Wednesday, I'd started (rather tepidly) a manuscript called The Neither.Well, I'm now 8K words into a totally different book, this one a riff on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, only involving elemen...
