Fire Joe Morgan Indeed
This article r0x0rz (as do many of their articles). Much praise. Although it seems to indicate that I should have kept FictionMock going. bkd (Here’s a good FictionMock sample…)
Anyone Want to Review an Outline for a WWII Novel?
Posted on: 19 August 2008 /
Categories: Writing
Cuz I got one that’s “finished”. Not perfect, but I could stand to get some other eyes on it. LMK if interested — thx. bkd
Part of a Scene That’s Getting Cut from My Novel
Posted on: 18 May 2008 /
Categories: Writing
Should I still bother posting about writing now that I cut the ties to LiveJournal? Here’s hoping C06 is still in the house. I’m still (technically) working on my war novel, as I will be from now until I either finish it or die. Or just stop working on it. Came back across this scene
Trabuco Road Delenda Erat
(Vince, you out there? How’d I do on my conjugation?) Closed shop on my spec-fic literary magazine dream. Officially. It’s probably been dead since last summer — at least, in my heart. I feel bad for holding onto some stories over that time. It’s probably not the biggest crime ever committed by an editor, but
Comments Cormac McCarthy Would Have Received If He Would Have Workshopped The Road
(Assuming he submitted it as an unpublished writer of course.) How did the planet get like this? How long have they been walking? How old is the boy? How old is the man? Where are they exactly? Why is it always cold? How did they survive whatever happened? What are the bloodcults? (*They* sound interesting
Three Days in Austin and All I Got Was This Stupid Blog Post
Posted on: 10 November 2006 /
Categories: Writing
Right, so WFC last weekend. Outside of feeling like work, it was a lot of fun. Finally got to have my 15 minutes with Kelly Link. It was more like an hour and a half. Here’s what I think she told me…: I write good details and the SFnal elements of my stories work very
Because, Yes, I AM That Full of Myself
Posted on: 2 September 2006 /
Categories: Self Promotion, Writing
I’ve launched my literary speculative fiction web zine at: TrabucoRoad.com It’s named after the street that I work on sort of. My job’s paying for this endeavor, so I figure I may as well give the street where the offices are located credit, because without that street, I wouldn’t have a job. Obviously. Except that
My Last Link to C06 Is Broken
Posted on: 27 August 2006 /
Categories: Writing
I got my rear window fixed so, with that, it seems there’s no longer any evidence of my having been at C06. (Those photos? I could have just been airbrushed in — anyone with access to PhotoShop can do *that* easily enough.) More proof: I was at WorldCon yesterday and saw Nancy Kress on a
I Am an Unambitious Coward
Posted on: 19 August 2006 /
Categories: Writing
The great thing about real-life work is that usually, if I have an idea, then take that idea to someone else to see if it sounds good to them, they usually say yes. Validation. It’s sweet. This is why I also submit short stories. To keep the validation in check. Found out today that I
Re-Write You Are!
Posted on: 14 August 2006 /
Categories: Writing
Hey, I re-wrote something! I’d be excited about it if I were more confident that the re-write had made it *better*. I managed to cut 25% out of it (7,200 words down to 5,400) and brevity is a *form* of betterness. I hear. The hard part is that this story has heretofore been known to