Archive for December, 2001
The agent in question had
December 21st 2001 at 6:19 am
The agent in question had some tweaks to make the plot better. Not even so much plot, but POV choice that makes the novel a bit more fun, certainly something I agreed with and had no problem with. The reason he had me read the book was so that we had the same vocabulary and […]
Saw LOTR. Amazing. I’m actually
December 20th 2001 at 3:46 am
Saw LOTR. Amazing. I’m actually a bit dazed, it was a hell of a visual ride. The most amazing movie ‘world’ I’ve ever been a participant of. Amazing. People cheered at a few points in the movie.It lingered in places. Liv Tyler was a little hard to fit in the role, but all the other […]
For those who asked, the
December 19th 2001 at 8:34 pm
For those who asked, the name of the book in question was ‘Writing To Sell’ by Scott Meredith. Last night I found a copy in Columbus. It was in a mall that I knew my way to, so I drove out there after dinner with Emily. A 1.3 hour drive there. I met my good […]
Agent Calls!
December 18th 2001 at 4:32 am
Well, a good weekend. Went to the Cleveland SF workshop and critted a story, also just enjoyed hanging around and talking. Got to see my parents as well and chat.Some of you will remember that I sent out that novel proposal on the first of the month (overnight mail) after repolishing the proposal and outline […]
Woah! I’ve been working towards
December 13th 2001 at 9:31 pm
Woah! I’ve been working towards my second novel outline, synopsis, and first 3 chapters as my next project (my goal is to have 3 complete packages). This has been going on for about 3 weeks. Research, notes, etc.Since about 7-8 months ago I’ve had a snippet of a scene in my head. It’s of four […]
Well, as you can see
December 12th 2001 at 3:48 am
Well, as you can see I did some webfoolery around here. You can throw rotten tomatos at me from the comments section. Most of the hard work was behind the scenes. I was trying to accomodate the different ways I’m noticing people enter my website. So I’ve set up some ‘latest news’ and a quick […]
many images and links are
December 11th 2001 at 4:43 am
many images and links are broken, I’m reorganizing my FTP folders and changing parts of the website using some new tricks that will make it easier to maintain and put in more cool things for people to browse/read. bear with.tb
The most essential gift for
December 11th 2001 at 3:33 am
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector.” - Ernest Hemingwayto which I adapt my own:”The most essential gift for an sf writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit creator.”I like creating all sorts of neat shit. Right now I’m still working on the synopsis/proposal for a new novel. I’ve […]
Today I started in doing
December 7th 2001 at 6:12 am
Today I started in doing some serious work on my my latest novel proposal. Using a program called Omni Outliner, I’ve begun filling in all those myraid details that create this piece in my head fully. I’ve got scene snippets in TextEdit, and I’m starting to see the shape.Today I had to get up at […]
ANOTHER SALE! Mike Resnick just
December 5th 2001 at 8:20 pm
ANOTHER SALE!
Mike Resnick just accepted my story “In The Heart of Kalikuata” for an upcoming DAW anthology called Men Writing SF As Women, date TBA. I’ll be sharing the TOC with that NAW wiz Ron Collins
Hell of a week. *sigh*
Unfortunatly, the car Emily is being loaned just died. She was driving that one b/c […]
