I got the rewrite for "High Moon" finished and sent it off. I believe I did a good job but was reaching a point of diminishing returns so I needed to get it out. I'm meeting my writing buddy again tomorrow and I'm thinking of starting a new story, except there's going to be a problem with that. …
Show Me The Money
While I maintain print was long overdue for a shake up, I don't view this economic downturn as any kind of validation for self-publishing. Here's how it works: Money flows to the writer. That holds true in all cases. I don't care how many magazines go under. Or how desperate you get to see your stuff published.
We’re Writers. We Write.
I maintain the print magazines that are going under is a good thing in the long run for our industry. Let's face it. Print has needed a high colonic cleansing for a very long time now. The cobwebs needed to be cleared out. Heck, in the last couple of years I've seen changes in print …
“High Moon” Rewrite
Beneath Ceaseless Skies wants a rewrite for "High Moon" one of my Haxan stories. The editor really had some good suggestions. Now it's up to me to see how I can make them work. If I can, I definitely think the story will be better overall and the conflict between Marwood and Bull Hod that …
Words
I'm doing some reading today. I did the little corrections on the story last night (they had to do with the timeline of Sacajawea's life and the controversy surrounding it) and wrote another page or so. I'm set up good for when I meet my writing buddy tomorrow and work on the story. It's coming together and …
Queries and Tigers and Bears, oh, my!
One thing I would like to see is some sort of standardization with queries. Seriously. Some agents want a query letter and synopsis and first three chapters. Some want query and synopsis. Some want just the query -- email only, please. Some want query snail mailed. Some want query, a three page synopsis and first …
Me Productive
I had a bad migraine the last day or so and it cut into my ability to work on my story. I need to be more productive this weekend which means I want to meet the goal of finishing my new story. That's my goal. So I must buckle down and write, write, write. Now, where did I put …
Keep going, baby. You know you like it.
I was talking to my writing buddy today at the coffee shop about show don't tell in fiction. And it got me to thinking. I have a problem with over description in my stories. I can just describe, describe, describe a scene in the most exquisite (and therefore exhausting) detail and be happier than a …
“Alpenglow”
It's a nice sunny day so I sat out on the deck and started a new story, "Alpenglow". It's another Haxan tale and the idea I had percolating for "Samsara" but just retitled. I've got four pages done. Not bad, I guess. I'm starting to see where it's going and the direction looks promising so far. …
Resolutions
I"m going to concentrate on short stories again this year. But if a big project comes along and interests me then I might do it. I'm leaving myself open to that possibility which is something I didn't do last year. But mostly short stories, I think.
Hoover's Corner 