Haven’t really had much time for blogging lately, for myriad reasons. Cassie has reached a new stage of development, and is rolling over with impunity now. Crawling is right around the corner, but already we can’t turn our backs on her while she’s on the bed or changing table like we used to. She bores […]
Division 18
About a year ago (jeez, has it been that long, already?), I did a post about Division 18, the Union of Costumed Novelty Performers, which is something near and dear to my heart, as I was there at its inception, and have taken great joy watching it grow and mutate over the years into far […]
Writing to Sell, Part II
As I said in my last post on this topic, Robert Jordan once told me to only write what I wanted, and to ignore what fans and patrons wanted from me. With all due respect to a giant of fantasy literature whom I admire greatly, Mr. Jordan was wrong. On the other hand, some of […]
Writing to Sell, Part I
Apologies to anyone who has been waiting on this post. I know it’s taken a long time for me to write it, but that’s because it’s a topic close to my heart, and I wanted to take time and put my thoughts in proper order to do it justice. I also knew it would be […]
Words Written vs. Words Used
I set a writing quota for myself every day: One thousand words. It may sound like a lot, but really, it’s a very modest goal, about three and a half double-spaced pages. Some weeks I don’t even come close, and other weeks I greatly exceed it. I consider >10,000 words a “good” week, and <5,000 […]