I need a plan. I suspect that you probably need one too. For the longest time, I’d been so focused on writing stories that – to my embarrassment – I’d neglected to do any long-term thinking about what comes next. To date, the majority of my goals concerning my authorial career can be summed up …
Happy Sunday, Y’All! This week, I wanted to talk about something that came to mind earlier about exposure and how there can be two different kinds of it. A light side, and a dark side. Let’s tackle the dark side first. The dark side of exposure is commonly found in those places where someone …
I don’t know why it hasn’t occurred to me before but, recently, I stumbled upon a couple of things that – as a writer – I probably should have been keeping track of, but haven’t The first, I’m still on the fence about and that’s keeping a running Story Idea list. Some of you might …
I got back from Balticon this year, I was on the ground for two days, and I took off again for… ConCarolinas ConCarolinas was the first convention I have ever attended and it is completely the fault of the Magical Words family – and I do not use the word “Family” lightly. Although I don’t live …
Before I get started, I want to take a few seconds to send a wish to all you fathers out there: Happy Father’s Day! May your “To Do” list be lighter than mine, your grill more bountiful, and your beer colder…though not too much colder. Frozen beer isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. So, …
I’d like to spend a little bit of time talking about getting organized. I know. “Organization” isn’t the sexiest word in the world, but, at least on some level, it’s a necessity. How about if we call it: Doing Battle with the Forces of Chaos!!! …
I wanted to get to this sooner, but I didn’t want it to get buried under the mass of New Year’s Resolution, Anti-New Year’s Resolution, “Boy I am *Never* going to do that again” posts. I figured, “Well, maybe wait a week…” One week became two and I, somehow, managed to forget that there are …