Status Report on my Novel
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in Writing | 4 Comments »I got some feedback on my novel this weekend, my 2006 NaNoWriMo effort that I've been trying to polish over the last 8 months or so. It came from an industry insider who kindly agreed to read the first few ...
20 Minutes at a Time
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted in Business & Marketing, Writing | No Comments »Earlier this week I read an article by Cory Doctorow (of Boing Boing fame) about how he's able to be a productive writer in an age of distraction. It's definitely a worthy question. In some ways I've answered that question ...
Authors Without Web Sites
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 Posted in Books, Business & Marketing, Writing | 1 Comment »Earlier this week I singled out author Anne Lamott for not having a web site. But the sad fact is she's not alone. A number of noteworthy authors lack official web sites: Jonathan Franzen David Sedaris Sarah Vowell Alice Sebold Kathleen Norris Robert Pinsky Seamus Heaney David Rakoff Russell ...
Five Lessons from Writing a Novel in a Month
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Writing | No Comments »Yesterday I announced that I had finished writing my 2008 National Novel Writing Month effort, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel called The Least. This was my third attempt at writing a 50,000-word novel in 30 days (that's 1,667 words per day). ...
NaNoWriMo 2008 Winner
Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Writing | 2 Comments »I finished. I just crossed the 50,000-word mark, wrapped up my epilogue and stuck a fork in The Least, my 2008 National Novel Writing Month novel. Whew. It was quite a sprint at the end, when I wrote more than 6,500 words ...
NaNoWriMo 2008 Update
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in Writing | 2 Comments »For those who don't remember or haven't been paying attention, I'm participating in my third National Novel Writing Month right now. That's when I consume massive amounts of chocolate and caffeine and write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. After ...
NaNoWriMo 2008: The Least
Saturday, November 1st, 2008 Posted in Writing | No Comments »Oh yeah, I started writing a novel today. Again. It's called The Least (it's a working title, I know, I'm not thrilled with it either). This is the third time I'm participating in National Novel Writing Month, the pressure-cooker event ...
NaNoWriMo 2008
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 Posted in Writing | No Comments »Next Saturday begins National Novel Writing Month and I think I'm going to partake again. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was editing my last novel in vague hopes of finishing in time for NaNoWriMo 2008. I wasn't ...
Editing my Novel (Again)
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 Posted in Writing | 1 Comment »In the past few weeks I've been working on editing my novel. Yes, the one I said I was starting to edit a year ago. The one I finished writing almost two years ago. It's called Turn Left at the ...
Unclear Writing: What Does That Even Mean?
Thursday, April 10th, 2008 Posted in Writing | 3 Comments »Here's a real life writing example from the 'what does that even mean?' file: "Mike's personal history and present ministry evidences in The Foursquare Church indicate his unique gifting and calling as regarding his new pursuits among us." It comes from a ...
Celebrating my 30th birthday with clean water and a clean shave.
