Failing again. Failing better.
I’m running around today (I’ll have an announcement tomorrow), so today is a grab bag post. First, Carrie Cuinn (blog, twitter) is offering a short fiction workshop. I first heard Carrie on the Functional Nerds podcast, and I found myself nodding along to her comments (even if it was an odd thing to do in…
So mini-update first. I’m still on pace with my 1,000 words a day quota. I’ve also written one story (a 1,000-word bit of flash fiction), edited it, and submitted it. So what have I been doing with my other 1,000 words per day? Well, I’ve been tweaking my novel outline, and I’ve been working on…
So here we are, in the fourth week of the seven-week long Clarion West Write-A-Thon. I just wanted to give you an update on my progress, goal by goal. To write at least 1,000 words a day, every day. Check. Every day, seven days a week, whether I felt like it or not. Actually, I…
Just a few random notes before people start their weekend. Please take a moment to check out my Clarion West Write-A-Thon page. As of last night, I was five days into the Write-A-Thon, and I was meeting my 1,000 words a day commitment (5,215 total, to be precise). If you can, please consider sponsoring me.…
My latest post on Fantasy-Faction.com has gone live. It’s a little different from my typical essays. It’s part confessional, part discussion of rejection. Even knowing that it’s something every author goes through doesn’t make it any easier. But as a cool bonus, fantasy author Michael J. Sullivan (Twitter) posted a comment, so that is very…