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It fills me with no small sense of dread not knowing what my next novel is going to be. I have no shortage of big projects to choose from: the final Protectorate book, the next Gato Loco novel, the Buddha Sessions (sequel to the mystery novel I’m about to start shopping), or maybe the first…
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You know you’ve seen them; the posts and comments from people, stating they’re thankful for this or that, written like it’s an obligation. It’s like they’re trying to make someone happy. That half-forced thanks you give your aunt on Christmas when she gives you a kitten sweater. I don’t mean to say that they’re insincere,…
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Sorry folks. I’ve been a bit too busy, a bit too heads-down trying to get Ink Calls to Ink finished. That’s meant a dearth of posting. Ooops. On the upside, my first draft will be done by the end of the month — possibly before Thanksgiving. I’m working on it now and just paused long…
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I have been sick for the past 5 days. Actually, let me rephrase that. I have been “Plagues of Egypt” sick the past five days. I’m pretty sure that I was a zombie for a big portion of Monday, but I don’t really remember it. I was in bed all day except when I shambled,…
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I used to write screenplays. No, really. True story! Years before I finished my first novel or sold my first story, I wrote screenplays (though the first was more of an exercise). All four screenplays were written with partners, three of them with a good friend from high school and college who makes his living…
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I love October. It isn’t just the change in the weather, the turning of the leaves, and the sudden availability of pumpkin-flavored baked goods. No, for me, October is time for horror movies. Part of my TIVO ritual, back when I still bothered with such things as DVRs and cable television, was cuing up all…
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I’ve had a themed anthology deadline creeping up on me with the grim inevitability of Christmas for a while now. After all the anthology stories I’ve written this year, this one, with a simple, one-word theme, should not have given me this much trouble. Two false starts, time running out, and I was getting ready…
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Inspired by a fellow writer who I follow on Twitter, I have been moved to list my October goals. Why,you may ask? Well the answer is two-fold — it helps me keep a clear sight on what I hope to accomplish, and it enables others to hold my feet to the fire just a bit.…
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Most of my anthology stories have long been sent in. I have no outstanding new stories floating looking for homes, the Timeslip anthology is done (well, not the promotion side of it, I admit), and you’d think things would be settling down. I actually don’t take many vacations from writing and related projects. Now is…
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What are you doing Saturday evening, October 9th from 7-10pm? Why, coming to the Wayward Coffeehouse for Timid Pirate Publishing’s first release party, of course! Not quite sure how I failed to clearly mention this on my blog earlier. Clearly, I’m not thinking straight. Join myself, Rosemary Jones, Erik Scott de Bie, and several others…
Tales from the Ragged Edge 