A snippet
From what I’m working on now. I don’t know if I will like it down the road, but I like it now. Teeth dug into his jaw and cheekbones. Hot, fetid breath filled his mouth and nostrils. Above his left…
Reading and writing
One perennial piece of writing advice that I give is to read your works aloud. Hear the words, hear the rhythms, hear the alliteration and assonance, and the poetry of the language. Listen for choppiness and disjointed thoughts, for the…
A writing post
I haven’t talked about writing much lately. I think it’s been because I’ve been stewing about a scene. It’s still stewing, but I had some thoughts today. I was reading from Don Maass’ 20th Century Fiction. There’s some really good…
Music requests
I’m in the mood for some new music. So I’ve come to you for suggestions. What I like is rock n’ roll. That includes 80s hairbands and pink floyd and Iron Maiden, but not stuff like Linkin Park. For me…
writer neuroses
Actually, this comes under the topic of neuroses, but I’m only covering one here. The fear of running out of ideas. That includes general plot ideas as well as world ideas, characters, and even clothing and food ideas. I live…
Snippet
From the work in progress: “You ought to kill this new ambassador,” Olyeron told his father absently as he moved a stone on the merti board. “Soon. Where’s he from?” Seavik watch his son beneath lowered lids. “Is that opinion…
In the name of updatery
Did you know that if you don’t write a blog post, nothing happens? I mean, no words magically appear? It’s exactly like book writing. If you don’t write the words, they don’t just show up on the screen. Darnit. I’ve…
Writing
Progressed some on the writing today and it’s interesting to see how the world develops and how the characters develop. It goes slower than I want, but sort of in that way that happens when you’re wandering through an antique…
computer talk
Let’s start by saying I’m not a tech person. I frequently have NO idea what I’m doing. But I found out about this program call CleanMyMac the other day and so I got it for my two macs. Cleaned up…
Lucky
I am one of the lucky ones at the moment. The temps here are in the 80s. (I’m a heat wimp, so that seems hottish, but nothing like so many others). I’d rather be out on the Oregon coast right…