The Writerly Update: Rising from the Grave Edition

Holy crap, has it really been that long since I've posted something? Sorry not to have been keeping up lately, but life has continued to dance on the insane side of the fence. Hopefully come fall I'll be able to settle back into a blog reading and writing routine. Until then, I'll probably remain my … Continue reading The Writerly Update: Rising from the Grave Edition

“The Deepening” in Aoife’s Kiss

One day soon, I'll find enough hours in the day to return to posting and commenting on here with something resembling regularity again. In the meantime, please forgive me for a brief moment of pimpage: it looks like the 10th anniversary issue of Aoife's Kiss, which includes my story "The Deepening," is now out!

A sale, and unexpected responses to saying you write fantasy

I'm happy to say that I've sold a twisted little flash piece of mine called "Mr. Fluffy" to the wonderfully named Untied Shoelaces of the Mind. And on a non-pimpage note, I've now encountered the following situation enough that I'm curious to know if any of my fellow fantasy writers have as well: I'll be … Continue reading A sale, and unexpected responses to saying you write fantasy

Three things make a long overdue post

1) First, I'll get the pimpage out of the way: The Best of Every Day Fiction, which includes my story "Dumping the Dead" and a slew of other flash fiction stories (including some fellow flisters), is now available. 2) Today the procrastination gods compelled me to take a look at the "ideas" folder on my computer where … Continue reading Three things make a long overdue post

Podcasts & Pimpage

I mentioned in a recent post that my story "Final Report" would be getting some podcast love in the near future. Well, the future is now. Or rather, the future was Saturday. So the future is the past? Anyway, "Final Report" was read on episode 258 of Paul Cole's Beam Me Up! program, and you can have … Continue reading Podcasts & Pimpage

Three Squiggly Things Make a Post

~ Much to my surprise, on Monday I cranked out the first draft of a short story I hadn't planned to work on that night let alone finish. It felt rather reinvigorating. I wrote 1,000 not totally crappy words in under an hour, which is unusually fast for me. Onto the second draft de-crapification process! … Continue reading Three Squiggly Things Make a Post

Escape from the Void Of Too Much Else To Do

Urgh, so much for resurfacing on the blogosphere. Well, I did resurface. I just got sucked right back into the Void Of Too Much Else To Do. I have a feeling that's going to be happening a lot over the next few months. So the bulleted version of what this writer has been up to: * … Continue reading Escape from the Void Of Too Much Else To Do

Coming up for air

Hey, look at that, I have a blog. Hello, poor neglected blog. I haven't had a chance to read or post the last couple of weeks. Busy, busy, busy, with a side of busy. I hope you've all been up to incredibly exciting things that I'm going to feel bad for having missed. As for … Continue reading Coming up for air

More conversations with my brain

Oh, brain, must we have the same conversation with every first draft?ME: Ok, brain, let's get to work.BRAIN: No.ME: What's your problem this time?BRAIN: You can't do this.ME: Why not?BRAIN: Because you suck.ME: That attitude is helping no one.BRAIN: And the attitude that you don't suck isn't helping your solitaire score.ME: Way to focus on … Continue reading More conversations with my brain

My Writing Soundtrack Revisited

In a previous entry, I babbled about listening to music while writing and how I usually stick to two general playlists, cleverly named Writing Music 1 and Writing Music 2. "Demon Dreams" was one of the rare stories where I started writing to a very specific playlist--and subsequently found it difficult to work on the … Continue reading My Writing Soundtrack Revisited