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Flight Contest!
WIN a $100 giftcard for the bookstore of your choice!
Rules:
Copy the HTML for the graphic below and share on your blog, website, Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc.
Paste the URL for your post in the comments below.
Winner will be chosen by random draw on January 31st, 2013.
Every share counts as an entry!
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6 Months-ish!
Well, Flight is scheduled to be released in about 6 months! I am super excited and have a ton of promo stuff planned ( Read more... ) -
Great Cause
I've missed my LJ friends. I promise I'll be back on soon with some real updates, great news on Flight, and more of what I've been up to.
I just want to post something that I think is really great. A writer I know is giving away all of his proceeds from his erasure poetry book "The Metre Erasure Project", to a iHuman, a not-for-profit that helps out ( Read more... ) -
A Tee-Shirt to Fill
The Weiland Comparison
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Just who is Mary Forsberg? Hardcore grunge fans might be able to answer this question: Well, she was married to Scott Weiland, the musician. STP. Velvet Revolver. Junkie. But that doesn’t answer the question now, does it? In Weiland’s memoir Not Dead and Not for Sale ( Read more... ) -
It's that time of year again!
Resolution time. I've always loved making New Year's Resolutions. I see it as a way to challenge and motivate myself, even if I forget about them halfway through (which tends to happen). This year has been crazy, and now that I'm back to working full-time, my free time is precious and very, very limited. I'm hoping for a lottery win. It can happen ( Read more... ) -
11/29/2011
I haven't posted much this year. It's been a bit crazy, a bit exciting, a bit disappointing, and a bit wild.
Brief update: Flight is looking for a new home. (If you know anyone looking for a mature YA with lots of action and a bit of impossible romance, pimp me out ;) ) Ultimately it came down to the fact that I want people to be able to read it ( Read more... ) -
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October is here! Most of you are probably cursing this damned cold weather (in Canada anyway), but I am super pumped for a month of horror! I'm starting early with some B movies and thoughts on what makes things scary. So share with me! What scares you?
Posted via LiveJournal app for iPhone.
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Thoughts on Originality... and Maybe Existence in General
I think all of us, as writers, are constantly striving to write something new, something creative, and cutting-edge. At least I hope we are ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Characterization
I do a lot of reading on those writerly social networking sites. Most of the time it's an opportunity to share what I know and help others, but sometimes genius strikes while I'm reading.
I've been thinking a lot about characterization: what makes a character tick, what makes them interesting, and most imporantly, what makes them seem real.
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I miiiiight have some exciting news about Flight, but I'm not going to be too hopeful just yet.
FYT
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