So, there's this dude online who apparently does work similar to what I do.  He lists, as one of his credentials, the fact that he made it to semi-finals for a screenwriting contest. Then describes, in detail,  the reward for winning the contest -- which he did not win.

Is it me, or is that weird? Should I be listing every competition I nearly-won- ( Read more... )

I am one of the lucky ones. One of the extremely lucky ones: I make my living as a writer.

It's not the way I dreamed of making a living as a writer*, but the fact of the matter is I get to write geeky stuff (superheroes! Star Trek!) on a daily basis, and take home a paycheck that allows me to pay a modest rent, service my debt (from school and ( Read more... )

Writing has always been about mortality for me. I knew that early on. Writing was how I remembered Carolyn. Writing was how I said goodbye to her. And then this amazing, wonderful thing happened on opening night of my first play. Other people, people who had never met her, who would never meet her, openly wept over her death. Because I'd managed to ( Read more... )

I am so delighted. While at WFC I got an email from John O'Neil, editor of Black Gate, with the illustration for my story Dark of the Year. It's perfect.

The main character of the story is a grandfather who is on a quest to find his infant granddaughter's name before the darkest night of the year, when demons steal unnamed children. And, in near ( Read more... )

I have this pattern. It's weird ( Read more... )

More Star Trek fiction. I spent days watching DS9 to get the backstory and the speech cadences.
I've also been writing a superhero gossip column. Several weeks worth, now.

Have I mentioned that I love my job?

Getting an email this morning with this link in it: http://ecbatan.livejournal.com/69623.htmlRead more... )

Navarre has decided to be less stringent on his requirements for a new place to live. So, instead of just houses, we'll also consider apartments and town homes. This is good, in that we have more options. Bad in that I don't think he'll be happy in an apartment or town home. *shrug* We'll see ( Read more... )

I'm coming to really dislike plots that hinge too much on stupidity. Whether it's the momentary stupidity of a character (I should tell everyone that there's a demon who looks exactly like me and is trying to kill me... oh, I just don't feel like it...) or the determined stupidity of everyone around the main character (wow, you saved all our asses ( Read more... )