The title of this post is based on the title of the book "October the First Is Too Late", by Fred Hoyle. One of the many books of my late grandfather's which I read many years in the past, and thoroughly enjoyed. One of the books responsible for the fact I now write primarily in the genre of science fiction. It is also possibly partially responsible for my interest in science-y things in general. However, this post is not about it being too late. This post is specifically about the fact ... View Post
What I Learned from my Writer's Digest Workshop…
In case some of you weren't aware, I recently enrolled in a Writer's Digest online workshop. It began October 4th and ended December 27th of 2012. It was entitled "12 Weeks to a First Draft", and consisted of 12 assignments, each of 2- 2500 words, which were submitted weekly for individual critique by the instructor, a published career author or a literary agent. In my case the instructor was Stephen Mertz, who has published over 30 books in his ... View Post
Dialogue Tags…. Detail or Distraction?
So obviously it wasn't REALLY the Return of Me last time I wrote in here.But it is now. ;)I am being forced to find another job and it's making me cranky and upset. But, it also made me decide to stop F-ing around and actually get to REAL WORK on this novel thing. If you've been keeping up with this journal, you are probably shaking your head and laughing right now. I know. How many times have I said this, right?Well. I enrolled in "12 Weeks to a ... View Post
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