So I haven't been writing because I suck and I'm lazy and I suck. Plus, and I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but writing is hardI should be posting to LJ more, I know, but really I'm talking about fictioning. I need to commit to doing at least an hour a day, even if I only grind out four or five sentences. I've noticed that's how it goes ( Read more... )

Having spotted a Tiassa in the wild, I put into action a cunning plan and was able with both fortitude and stealth to make it my own ( Read more... )

Finally found a review of Tiassa online and it's glowingly positive. Can't wait for this book at the end of the month. Almost makes up for turning 40 on the day it's supposed to come out ( Read more... )

Stupid Scalzi. Damn him for being right again. He has a nasty habit of doing that.

Dennis learns another writing lesson: Rewriting is important. Otherwise, you might keep paragraphs like this one:

This was fine with (female character), who spent those weeks wrestling with her ambivalence about sex. She felt a powerful physical attraction for (male character 1), but her first, and so far only, intimate relationship hadn't left ( Read more... )

I was in Borders last night and there was a big display for a book by one of my least favorite people, Mitt Romney. The book is called No Apology: The Case for American Greatness, and on seeing it, I was struck by something important (yes, more important than taking shots at Mittens). It seems like there are a lot of people who think America is a ( Read more... )

Via ianrandalstrock:

This may be a bit harsh, but is dead accurate. Writing, methinks, is a lot like driving. Way too many people are forced to do it, and therefore think they can. In fact, comparatively few people are any good at it. Hell, I get paid to write and most days I don't feel like I'm any good at it.

I used to go bugfuck when I read or heard ( Read more... )

I want to use the following sentence at work some day:

"Put down the semicolon and back away from the sentence!"

It would be even better if I could deliver it through a bullhorn.

Today's Asshat once again is me. I promised, Promised, PROMISED myself I wouldn't read Gregg Easterbrook's Tuesday Morning Quarterback column at ESPN this year, but as soon as it was there, I broke down and read it. I did have an interesting revelation, though ( Read more... )