2022
This is going to be a short, not entirely ordinary, post. I fell off the radar last year when a…
Category: Meanderings
Year of A Million Words Update 5: Regaining Equilibrium
I won’t lie. It’s not looking good for me. I spent most of April working on finishing up my MFA…
Understanding the Secrets of Genre
As a writer, one of the biggest challenges I face is explaining why I write what I do. This often…
Year of a Million Words Update 4: You Can Do It!
I’ve written almost 100,000 words since my last update, and it’s been a little less than a month. In fact,…
Can Your Writing Change the World?
Writing isn’t something to scoff at. It’s an endeavor and requires the respect due any craft. Even those of us…
Ten Commandments of Showing Off (Part 3)
I’ve been working on this series to help people show off work, especially writing. Today we’re going to wrap up…
The Ten Commandments of Showing Off (Part 2)
A couple weeks ago I started this series, which focuses on mistakes not to make when you’re trying to show…
Year of a Million Words Update 3: Looking Up
Last time I talked about my Year of a Million Words project, I was in pretty rough shape because I’d…
The Ten Commandments of Showing Off (Part 1)
The other day I saw someone post a pitch on Twitter. I remember little about what was being pitched, but…
Year of a Million Words Update 2: The Situation
As regular readers may have noticed, I announced a plan to write a million words this year and then immediately…