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May 22, 2015

It's Entirely All in the Name. Everything. Seriously.

So my work on editing PRIMUS has come to a screeching halt of late, so much so that I should really update my May Project List to more accurately reflect my suddenly-changed priorities. What caused this sudden change in priorities? The realization that I really do have extremely limited time to write. The realization that it's currently May, and my self-set deadline for self-publishing my novella "The Hound of God" is in August. Calculating what needs to still be accomplished on the novella ... View Post

Filed Under: Confessions, The Hound of God, The Learning Curve Tagged With: characters, flash fiction, novella, plot process, realization

May 6, 2015

April and May 2015 Project Lists and April Bait, Fish, and Reel Report … COMBINED!

Why hello there! No, no, I didn't forget about you. I was just busy editing the novel and playing Dragon Age every free waking moment of April. But here I am at long last with another much-needed update! If you've been following along the last few months, you know that April was Camp NaNoWriMo and that I planned to edit my novel for at least 30 hours as my Camp goal. Thus, the Project List for April 2015 was rather simple: April 2015 Project List: Edit PRIMUS for at least 30 hours, ideally ... View Post

Filed Under: Bait Fish and Reel, Camp NaNoWriMo, Conventions and Workshops, Editing, Living the Vision, Writing Tagged With: camp NaNo, conventions, editing, the good thing, the plan

April 7, 2015

This Thing I Like to Call "Passive Editing" and How It Works…

Back in February I made a post outlining my Grand Master Plan for editing my 500+ page novel. Now it is April, and as some of you know, April is Camp NaNoWriMo. For Camp this year, I made the goal of spending 30 hours (or more) editing my novel for April. On April 1st, I began. In keeping with my Grand Master Plan, I am now in Phase One. Phase One involves what I've taken to calling "Passive Editing". Now, usually when I edit something, I go line by line and brutally analyze every single word. ... View Post

Filed Under: Camp NaNoWriMo, Editing, Living the Vision, The Learning Curve, Writing Tagged With: progress report, realization, the good thing, the plan, writing

March 22, 2015

The Take-Away Message from Planet Comicon: THEY SAID "YES" (… but no, he did not go to Jared's …)

No, I am not talking about proposals, here. Or ... maybe I am. Just not the marriage type. The business type. More accurately, the OPPORTUNITY type. Over the weekend of March 13 - 15th, I attended Kansas City's local comicon, dubbed Planet Comicon, to be official. I was most excited about this year's first-time guest panelists to Planet, Nerd For a Living. So excited, in fact, I even took off work early on Friday JUST FOR THEM! Why do they deserve some of my vacation time? Because they are ... View Post

Filed Under: Conventions and Workshops, Living the Vision, The Learning Curve, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: realization, the plan, writing

March 5, 2015

Project List for March 2015

And it's already a new month! WHERE is 2015 going already! Yikes! Quick, before it gets away from me, here are my goals for this month! Make another short story submission to a SFWA market. Keep up with the Before You Hit Send workshop and make sure to complete the mini-assignments, participate and ask questions! (DONE! Workshop officially ends on March 24th, but I did a good job with the assignments and asking questions for the last half, so I'm proud of myself! VERY useful, and I HIGHLY ... View Post

Filed Under: Living the Vision, Project List, Writing Tagged With: the plan, writing

March 5, 2015

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for January and February 2015

Someone once said that to be a successful and productive writer, one had to do the equivalent of “cutting bait, fishing, and reeling ‘em in, all at the same time”! This translates to writing as working on projects-in-progress while at the same time submitting completed projects to potential markets and also continuing to cultivate new ideas for future projects. In case you missed my previous post on this subject, at the end of every month I compile a list of what I accomplished as far as ... View Post

Filed Under: Bait Fish and Reel, Living the Vision, Writing

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