hurry up and wait…and wait…and wait…and wait…
It’s the nature of the beast, but waiting three-plus months for your work to get through the slush pile is maddening. I’m ready to chew off my own kneecaps. While e-mail and automated submission...
Tagged: writing
When you first start writing…
Advice that I hate to hear, but…yeah. Dammit.
it’s the little things #317: find a pig
In the latest of the Pending Penfold Collection stories, a pig is involved. Catching a pig. It occurred to me that I do not know the correct way (TM) to catch a pig. But...
insanity
Pop wisdom tells us that one definition of insanity is continually repeating the same thing and expecting different results. On that note, I’m waiting for a rejection email so I can submit that story...
late summer check in
Time for writing has been a bit hard to come by of late, and the writing itself has been a bit strained when I finally get to it. Sustaining is hard. Work is hard....
hard truths about writing
10 Hard Truths About Writing, by Lauren B Davis Discipline. Responsibility. Loneliness. Frustration. Sign me up!
writing vs storytelling
Good story absolves mediocre writing much better than good writing absolves mediocre story. I have a lot of ambling, rambling thoughts— and even some examples– along those lines and maybe at some point I’ll...
alpha up
Liza and I have been married for 21 years now. We’re approaching half of our lives spent together. Which is a personal best in the “roommates” category for both of us. But I digress....
openers
This is the first whack at an opener from my next story/essay/reflection on lying. It’s part of a collection that is intended to be read aloud as well, so verbal flow is just as...
new friends in the same boat
So the other day, on a much-needed time out from work, I scanned r/writing and saw someone suggesting that the good folk of that subreddit band together on twitter and make a marketing/motivational/all-around-scriptional-badassery group....
