Or, How Everything I Need to Know About Writing I Learned From Backpacking the Appalachian Trail In 2004, fresh out of college, I hiked the length of the Appalachian Trail. It was a 2,183-mile hike from Georgia to Maine, and it took from March 8th to August 12th. It is, to date, one of the [...]
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Trekking Through the First Draft
Posted in Writing, tagged First Drafts, Novel, Storytelling on April 29, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Norwescon: Best Con, or Best Con Ever?
Posted in Writing, tagged Cons, Cosplay, Geek, Norwescon, NWC35 on April 12, 2012 | 2 Comments »
From a personal perspective, this year’s Norwescon was probably the most complete and rewarding convention I’ve ever been to. Over the course of four days, I switched between the roles of writer, cosplayer, and photographer. I hung out with old friends, met new ones, mingled with professional authors, and hung out far too late at [...]
“Flush Fiction” Now Available
Posted in Writing, tagged Book Pimping, Flash Fiction, Published on April 3, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I just found out that Flush Fiction is on sale starting today. The latest addition to the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series of books, it’s an anthology of short stories designed to be read in one “sitting,” as it were: each story is less than 1,000 words. And I have a story in it called [...]
Writing, and Weather, in the Rainforest
Posted in Travel, Writing, tagged Brainstorming, Rainforest Writers Village, Retreat on March 12, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday, I got home from the Rainforest Writers Village, on the shore of Lake Quinault in Western Washington. It was pretty awesome– for five days, I got to hang out with thirty-seven other writers and focus almost entirely on writing. For my own part, I was actually doing more brainstorming than writing. In this (relatively) [...]
Retreat!
Posted in Travel, Writing, tagged Rainforest Writers Village, Retreat on March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It feels like it’s been a pretty busy couple of months as far as writing goes: I took a novel revision course, I attended Potlatch, and I’ve done a fair amount of editing work, both on my novel and on various short stories that are making the rounds collecting rejection letters. But all in all, [...]
“Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations” Now Available
Posted in Writing, tagged Book Pimping, Published, Short Story on March 5, 2012 | 8 Comments »
The anthology “Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations,” with my story The Talisman of Hatra, is now on sale at Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It’s the first time one of my stories is available in a print book, so needless to say I’m rather excited. Other authors in the anthology include Joe R. Lansdale, award-winning [...]
You Are Falling Under My Power…
Posted in Writing, tagged hypnosis, Storytelling, Style on February 17, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A couple days ago I became an officially licensed hypnotherapist in the state of Washington. Hypnosis has been a hobby of mine for a couple years, partly because it provides some very interesting insight into how the mind works, and partly because, well, it’s just plain fun. Admittedly, hypnosis has a dubious reputation. The mere [...]
Quick Update: Story Sale!
Posted in Writing, tagged Acceptance, Flash Fiction on January 30, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I’ll post a more substantial life-related update in a few days, but for now, I just wanted to say, YAY! I’ve known for a couple of months, but now it’s official: in April, one of my stories will be appearing in an anthology of flash fiction. The name of it is Flush Fiction, and it’ll [...]
Happy New Year, Take 2
Posted in Writing, tagged New Year on January 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
After spending a week in North Carolina over New Year’s, and getting Mom settled and recovering from surgery at home, I’ve returned to Seattle and am settling back into routine… sort of. My work schedule is in flux as it moves from day shift to swing shift to night shift over the next few weeks, [...]
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