Over the past month or so, I’ve been making a lot of progress on my next project, Stargazer, and I’m being a lot more cautious. This time, I’m trying to outline the entire thing before I even get started writing it. Which probably sounds like a no-brainer but I had a much different approach with […]
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Whatever it Takes
Stumbled upon a gem this morning entitled The Reality of Writing for a Living Today by Laura Drake on the Writers in the Storm blog. Good read. Little bit of an eye opener. If you’re like me and have aspirations of publication, I’d say it’s well worth your time to peruse this article, as well […]
Return of the Mack
Here’s my obligatory “everything is going great” post: Everything is going great. But no really, it is. For a long time, I’ve had a hard time finding the distinction between work and play because the “work” that I’d prefer to be doing could also be considered play. And because that play can also be considered […]
Throw it in Reverse
I’m sure I’ve talked about how important I think feedback is before, but here I go again, bear with me. I’ve had a pretty difficult time finding people I trust to read everything I’ve written and offer me some constructive criticism. On one hand, I totally understand that people have lives of their own that […]
We Goin’ Clubbin’
So I put together a small book club with a couple of my friends probably about a month ago. But we’re only calling it a book club because we only discuss my book and my book only. Kinda just happened out of nowhere. I was talking to both of them individually on the subject and […]
Dreams of Stranger Times
So I’m thinking about getting back into poetry. But the extent of my “good” poetry is pretty much exclusively dream poems, in which I have a dream, wake up and write it down, then transform it into a poem. So I guess I’ll just share a few I wrote while at university and see how […]
Don’t let your dreams be dreams
“Don’t assume your dreams are just fantasy. If you can imagine a world, believe in it… and dive in.” Yeah, this is another Kingdom Hearts reference. Sorry, not sorry. And yeah, that headline is from Shia LaBeouf’s “Just Do It” motivational speech. Again, sorry, not sorry. Anyway. I’ve been having these weird thoughts lately. We’re done with […]
ICYMI: Chapter One
Hello friends! I’m feeling a little drained today between the job search and Destiny 2, so I’m just gonna roll with an ICYMI post this afternoon. If you haven’t seen it yet or just haven’t had the time, here’s a link to a post from last week including the entire first chapter draft of my […]
A Little of your Time
Welp. Here’s the entire first chapter if you’d like to take a look. It’s about 7,000 words or about 30 pages, by the way. If you’re feeling up to the task and have already read the bit I shared before, there’s a big ole horizontal line where you left off. I almost didn’t share this […]
Skip to the Good Bit
So on day three of unemployment, I feel like I’m finally back on track as far as writing goes. I should have chapter four done either tonight or tomorrow and I’m now realizing just how long this whole thing is gonna be when it’s done. Suffice to say, the length is gonna be pretty intimidating, […]
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