Graduate Course: Update
After getting some advice from several people I have made a decision on what to do about taking that grad course: I’m going to do it. I appreciate everyone who was kind enough to offer me their opinions (all of it was done off-site, but so be it). I’m taking the course and we’ll see […]
Question to Readers About Reviews
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I do book reviews and wondering if perhaps my reviews could use some fixing. I want to improve them because I get the sense that they’re not quite right. What do you think? Are there things you’d like me to do in my reviews that I don’t? […]
Honorable Mention: Nobody Gives a Crap About Compsagnathus
My short story “Nobody Gives a Crap About Compsagnathus” is an honorable mention in the 3rd quarter of the Writers of the Future Contest. This is my second honorable mention and I’m totally ecstatic right now. I’ve already submitted a piece for the last quarter of the year. We’ll see how it turns out. I […]
Ask the Bloggers Series: Question #6 (I’m in it!)
Grasping For the Wind has put up yet another of the Ask the Bloggers questions, which, of course, I answered. You can find out more about it here. The question this time was: What kind of book cover attracts your attention? What attributes of the cover make you more or less likely to take it […]
Steam Engines Sample: Your Thoughts?
Okay, so my girlfriend and I have been discussing the opening paragraph of a new story I’ve been working on. She’s been mostly displeased with it because she doesn’t know what the engines actually are, and I’ve said that I shouldn’t have to say what the engines are or what they necessarily do in that […]
The Writing Groove: Getting It Back
Well, last night proved to be good for my mental health. I churned out 1203 words, some in The Spellweaver of Dern and some in a new short story that I just had to write because it was driving me nuts. The new story is being called “Steam Engines” at this point, because it lacks […]