Month: May 2005

  • Blogging Authors

    Excellent post AND comments on blogging writers. I haven’t addressed this subject until now; the uproar has finally died down, or I’m late to the party, however you prefer to look it it. Still, it’s an interesting subject. What does any writer hope to gain by maintaining a weblog (which, if done well, is a…

  • No Soup For You*

    Sheila recommended WriteWay; I went to have a look, and from the promotional material, it sounded like something worth checking out. Of course, I can’t. No soup for me. SYSTEM SPECS: "WriteWay runs on Windows 98 2nd Edition, Windows 2000 or XP Recommended System Requirements o 128+ MB RAM o 20 MB available disk space…

  • Iambic Pentameter

    “About the iambic pentameter — were you serious, or were you being funny?” Both, actually. You ever sit and think about how you think? I visualize my thoughts as a twenty-four hour news program (though when I’m asleep, some ass changes the channel to horror). Big picture on the screen is what I’m doing at…

  • Neat Survey

    Here’s a well-put-together survey on writers’ blogs, designed to be taken by both readers and writers. It addresses the furor a couple weeks back about whether writers should blog; if they should then should they be honest; if they are honest, will readers turn away from their books in revulsion … and so on. Drop…

  • Letting Out the Beast

    I have a confession to make, a dark and shameful admission of hidden perversity. Or perhaps I am just quirkily weird. But I think in iambic pentameter. Standing behind some guy in a buffet line, my inner voice says: “But quicker, man, you hasten not the day when we can eat, with your slow, pon’drous…

  • Tiny Little Snippet from “C”

    Snippet linked here. You must be logged in to read. This is a small one. Download as PDFPrint Page

  • And Now to “C”

    Back, stuff done, and now for the dessert of the day. A couple hours of unadulterated fun as I work through more of “C.” A couple of people have asked if I could at least give hints on what this one is about. I’ll do better than that. From time to time, I’ll post snippets…

  • On Target with WFH1 Revisions

    Just finished my 75 pages of revisions for the day, which brings me up to a grand total of 200 pages completed, and 40,000 words done. Only one third of the book remains; I’m tempted to see if I can finish the write-in tomorrow. Have other work I have to do now, so "C" will…

  • Behind, Behind

    This is a blanket apology to everyone who has e-mailed me in the last few weeks. I’m so far behind on answering e-mails, it hurts. I have them all saved, flagged, and waiting, but I haven’t gotten to them yet. I’m very sorry; I’m swamped, but I will answer as many as I can. Download…

  • Tammy Got the All-Clear

    Tamera Siler Jones spent a couple of weeks in limbo, waiting out the results of a questionable mammogram. Yesterday, she got the all-clear. Her good news is posted here. I celebrated last night when I got the news. Download as PDFPrint Page