I was so frustrated this morning. I had met my writing buddy and was going to start my new story. A real start, not just some brief notes jotted on a yellow legal pad. But I couldn't get started. It wasn't coming together. I kept trying to force it but the story I was going to write …
“Death Storm” Finds A Home
Drops of Crimson accepted my short story "Death Storm" for their February 'Blood and Roses' issue. I'm happy about this. I've always liked this story and its character, Takeo Sugawara. I'm glad it found a home and will now have readership. "Death Storm" is one of my Sugawara tales and a personal favorite of mine. I …
Finished My Story Sunday….
I finished my story. It came in around 5500 words or so. In the immortal words of another writer, I don't think it entirely sucks.
Crunch Write
I'm setting this weekend aside to finish my short story "White Hawk". The weather isn't supposed to be too bad, either, so maybe I'll do a bit out on the deck. I'm going to meet this goal. Flame on!
Contracts and Coffee Mugs, Oh My!
Today I met my writing buddy and did three pages on "White Hawk" which maybe isn't a lot but it was a good three pages. I see the story even clearer than I did before. Many of the previous Haxan stories ran about 7k. This one looks to be a mite shorter which is always helpful for marketing. …
From Little Imps Do Great Ogres Grow
You know how it is. You have a little edit suggested to you by someone you trust but it's not much so you figure "Fug it, I'll do it later." And then someone else gives you some other advice on a completely different story and you know they're right, but it won't take very long …
White Hawk
"I walked between the bodies. Everyone was dead. Horses, dogs, men." Got three pages under my belt today at the coffee shop. Feels like a solid start. Welcome to Haxan!
What Writing Is, Charlie Brown
I know your life is chaos right now. I know that and you know that. But sometimes you have to be a right bastard if you ever want to write. Sometimes you have to shove other people out of the way and make room for yourself so you can write. It's not a nice thing to think …
Man, is there ever some nasty stuff swimming around in the River Styx
Finished the story. Done done. I'm glad and relieved. Now it's in the hands of my first readers and I can concentrate on a new story. Yep. We're going back to Haxan. Someone asked me what the new Haxan story will be about. I gave my standard reply: "Oh, probably guns and wind and dust." Then …
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Rewrite News….
The rewrite/edit for "Styx" went much better than I thought it would. One more pass and I should be done. I'm pretty happy with the way this story turned out. It's a relief. One more pass, two at the most, and this story will be done. Even better I can start thinking/planning/working on a new story …
Writing Angst
I mentioned before I have some old stories in my trunk that I've pretty much put aside because I'm mainly working on new stuff now. I'm doing that for a lot of reasons, mostly because I think it's the right thing to do. Many of those stories are tapped out and I think I've moved on both stylistically …
Hoover's Corner 