These videos may be old hat to you (there might even be an old hat in one of them), but I found myself mesmerized. Take a look at the Don’t Try This At Home section. Because, seriously, if you’re blending lightsticks, EZCheez, Bic lighters, iPods, and things that go boom, who cares whether the blender will make a nice batch … Continue reading →
Everything is dragging, including me. I’m sorry I missed the snippet. I’ve included the link, though, for those of you who haven’t, and who would like to invite folks over to your site to read yours. [blenza_autolink 42]
My favorite (insert glyph of rolling eyes here) phrase when dealing with inescapable, interminable, utterly frustrating automated phone answering systems—“Please listen carefully, as your menu options have changed.” This should be a whole lot less painful. Look to the Works In Progress block to your right on the weblog. Two, and only two, books are now in progress. Moon and … Continue reading →
This was one of those shower thoughts specifically for writers: When life hands you lemons, thank God and take good notes. In both New York and Hollywood, lemons outsell ice cream one hundred to one. … Continue reading →
Less than five hours of sleep (again), but the story pulled me in. The Air Force Kid is on leave, and going to be here later today to visit for a few days, before he goes to hang out with his sister, and then travels some more to see friends all the way on the other side of the country. … Continue reading →
This is the first few paragraphs of the second book of the Moon and Sun series. My hope is that it will be mostly self-explanatory, and intriguing where it’s not immediately clear. NOTICE: This material is copyrighted, unedited raw first draft, probably buggy, possibly not even going to be in the final book. Do not quote or repost anywhere or … Continue reading →
I’ve been dinking around with virtual index cards in software for about a week now, first figuring out the overview for the Moon and Sun series, then starting to plot out The Moonroads. Yesterday, not long after I posted that things were going well, things stopped going well. They do that. I hate it when they do that. I dawdled, … Continue reading →
Today marks the official start of Book Two of the Moon and Sun series, The Moonroads. It’s a working title only. I’ve mapped out my overall story for the series, and today I’m getting into tighter details and plotting the book, using Plot Clinic techniques and Scrivener. I’m concentrating right now on building conflicts first discovered in The Ruby Key, … Continue reading →
If the dryer sounds like you’ve turned it on with a corpse in it, either the cat sneaked into the laundry or you did too many pairs of blue jeans at once. In my case, it was the jeans thing, but it still scared the bejeezus out of me. (If the third option is that you really do have a … Continue reading →
I figured out the niche, and I think it kicks ass. Linked here. … Continue reading →