It’s TRULY the bane of a writer’s existence… I might have gotten a thousand words done today, but I DID spend almost six hours on research… 1870s Colorado 1870s guns/modifications to 1851 Colt Navy for cartridges/Trap door Springfield .45-70 Goodnight-Loving … Continue reading
Category Archives: Writing
Yeah, yeah, I know you smell something burning… :-p Writing is a solitary endeavor, engaged in by various methods and practices, by a wide variety of people across many cultures. Which is a polite way of saying there isn’t really … Continue reading
The bane of the writers existence is research, last night I spent five hours digging around in a variety of links and NATOPS. All for what will probably be two or maybe three paragraphs in the short story. Having experts that … Continue reading
Yeah, yeah, you smell something burning… 🙂 Discussion yesterday with a young lady at the library who is breaking in as an author. In the two hardest possible genres, romance and young adult (YA). She indie too (self-published via Amazon). … Continue reading
The muse decided to hang a left, and go haring off across country the other night… So this… whatever ‘this’ is going to be… Danny looked up blearily from his drink as Daniella slapped a mug down in front of … Continue reading
Since this got posted over at MGC yesterday, I figured I’d stick it up here for those that don’t read that blog. Perspective… Watching the various meltdowns over the last couple of weeks has caused me to take a hard … Continue reading
Well, back from the Life, the Universe and Everything writer’s conference and wanted to give a quick AAR. If you’re an aspiring writer, or a fiction writer, it’s WELL worth it, IMHO! Almost 200 panels, covering the gamut of writing, film making, … Continue reading
There will be a Calexit Anthology!!! The bad is that we’ll be indie publishing it… And probably not until October at the earliest… Sigh… As of today, I’ve got 19 folks that have expressed interest, and already have one complete … Continue reading
A little over 18K words… Originally written on spec for an anthology that is now not happening. So much for my luck… sigh Anyhoo… Navy centric, San Diego area, in the middle of Calexit, after it becomes real. One Year … Continue reading
As I sit here staring at a blank screen once again, I come back to a conversation from dinner last night… Why do we write? I do, because I can’t afford the bar bills… Writing is, by it’s nature, a … Continue reading