Writing lessons and the writing life
One of the reasons I like Friday Night Lights is because the writers think like I do, or I think like they do. In Friday’s episode, young quarterback J.D. McCoy is in the throes of first love and his dad can’t stand it. He’s losing control over J.D. The kid is growing up and he’s [...]
Are beginnings hard? They are for me. That blank screen and its blinking cursor can be mighty intimidating. So how do you get started?
When you are faced with your writing goal and your muse is out back smoking a cigarette before she comes on shift, you may despair of ever getting any words down. Here [...]
(Note: In the early versions of Gordath Wood, Lynn wandered around lost for a loooong time. While I wanted to get across the fear and tiredness of being lost in the woods, which is something that happened to me when I was twelve, pages and pages of it has the opposite effect on readers. It’s [...]
I read a couple of books this weekend: A House in Amalfi, by Elizabeth Adler, and The Steel Remains, the acclaimed novel by Richard K. Morgan.
Amalfi was that subgenre of romance known for food and house porn — it was set in Italy, the main character is fixing up her childhood villa, there are loving [...]
How many of you have a bunch of projects that you’ve never finished?
If you never finish a story or a novel, you will never know the best feeling a writer can ever get. Being able to type The End is so monumentally important to your development as a working writer. It means you can bring [...]
(Note: So the whole point of this one of course is, why the rabbit? It was sweet and everything, but what if some of the not-so-sweet toys became real?)
Toy Soldier
He had the kind of high coloring associated with little Dutch boys; his cheeks wore a rosy blush and his lips were pale, set in a [...]
Here are a handful of pictures from the Space Squid Issue 7 release party and the zombie weapons test simulation.
Matthew Bey, Space Squid editor, sets up the zombie simulation.
David Chang, Space Squid editor, prepares to record the events for posterity.
Some of the weaponry.
I never thought Lawrence Person could look so action hero-ish. Never.
Or me, for [...]
Saturday was the kind of day that really makes Austin weird, as the bumper sticker says. Saturday morning I went to yoga at Lululemon on Sixth Street, near Waterloo Music. Paula from Kula Yoga taught a flow class and I had to bail a couple of times, once putting myself into child’s pose just to [...]
Good news — Warren Lapine has bought Realms of Fantasy from Sovereign Media.
Read the story here from SF Scope.
I was so heartened to hear the news. This magazine has published some incredible stories over its run. But rumors of its death were greatly exaggerated after all!
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