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Category: Writer

  • One Size Does Not Fit All

    I have large feet for a woman. 9.5 E wide (Or EE wide – it depends on the manufacturer). I have a problem finding shoes. I can’t buy at Wal-mart or Payless or most any other place that sells shoes in town be it a high-end specialty shop  or a plebeian budget store. I have…

  • Schnitzel

    I lurk on yahoo groups and blogs sifting for useful nuggets to stash away into my very rough plan of self-publishing. Maybe I’ll delve into that plan someday. Today I’m going to prattle on about cooking, and how it may apply to writing. My family are picky eaters. There’s no other way to say it.…

  • Not a Strong Working Day…

    Some days are strong work days. You have focus. Drive. A really strong pot of coffee. Whatever. Some days are just not. Book 2, Draft 3 of the fantasy series is WIPping my ass. Most specifically, the last 1/3 of it. Looking back, I think I encountered similar issues with Book 1, Draft 3 of…

  • The Inspiration

    Or the Origin Story. Whichever. Characters have origin stories. Bob was born in a rail car outside Tampa during a rainstorm, his mother being attended to by three bears and an alien from the Crab Nebula, also named Bob, but pronounced “Jerome.” My origin story is not quite so awesome. I’ve run across people as…

  • Technology and Writing

    I lurk in dark and sordid places on the internet where I find writers are wont to gather. Sometimes I say something. Most times I do not. A while back, someone posted a request for information. Apparently, this person had sent out their manuscript to a few readers, and they’d come back with the critique…

  • Choosing a Pseudonym

    Joe Hardensniffer. No. No one would take a ‘Joe’ seriously. So, I’ve got something like 6 years before I’ll have the cash to push out a single self-published title. Yes, I could put it all on a credit card, but I’d like to NOT do that if I could help it. $1500 per book is…