Failing again. Failing better.
Thankfully, DC was far enough south that we did not get any of the snow from Nemo. Instead it was just cold and windy. So Laura and I didn’t too much. Yesterday we had tickets to see Zero Dark Thirty, but we had to bail. That was probably our third attempt to see the movie.…
Having read and loved THE WARDED MAN (reviewed here) by Peter V. Brett (blog, twitter), I’m surprised it took me so long to read THE DESERT SPEAR. Waiting so long was clearly a mistake on my part. This was a fantastic read. THE DESERT SPEAR was very different from THE WARDED MAN, but no less…
I’ve fallen behind. No, not on NaNoWriMo. Okay, yes I’m behind there too, but that’s not what I meant. I meant I’m falling behind on watching Geek & Sundry’s episodes of The Story Board. In case you are unfamiliar, The Story Board is an hour-long discussion by writers about writing, hosted by Patrick Rothfuss. New…
As I posted a few days back, writer Peter V. Brett blogged that he was a fan of the book WRITING TO SELL by Scott Meredith. He used it as a guide to getting his fantastic debut novel THE WARDED MAN published. I also quoted from WRITING TO SELL yesterday when discussing Meredith’s ideas about…
In a recent post, I linked to Peter V. Brett’s blog where he discussed some of his writing tips. He recommended people read and follow the advice found in WRITING TO SELL by Scott Meredith. As Brett mentioned (and I echo), there are times when the book appears very outdated (typewriters, submissive housewives, etc.). But…