Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

Howdy, I’ve had one hell of a great writing weekend. The Willamette Writers Conference over the weekend was perhaps the best one I’ve...

Howdy, Well, I’m going to be a busy bee this weekend. Willamette Writers Conference. This won’t be my first rodeo, but I haven’t been to...

Howdy, It wasn’t that long ago I said I had officially started my new WIP. Well, there’s some good news bad news on that. I had started...

Howdy, You’d have to be living totally off the grid not to have caught wind of all the hoopla surrounding the 50th anniversary of the...

Howdy, Lately, I’ve made some excellent progress on improving my novel’s synopsis. No secret. Just revise, revise, and revise some more....

Howdy, I had an excellent start to July in my writerly world. My latest sci-fi short story The Wall was published last week over at...

Great June so far for having short stories accepted and published. My sci-fi short story Sabotage went live the other day over at Altered...

Just found out I’ve had another story accepted, this time my sci-fi short story Sabotage at Altered Reality Magazine. June is turning out...

I just finished my initial plotting for my new WIP, a YA sci-fi. It’s still early days in the writing process, but I feel like I’ve...

I've had a great start to June. Just learned I’ve had a story accepted over at Fiction on the Web. I’m pretty pumped about this story,...

Howdy, Here’s an update on the various projects I’m working on at present. Hopefully, dictating this will help focus my mind on what I...

Howdy, Today is a pretty damn good writing day. I finally completed the Arduous Edit. In my last update, I stated I would look to...

Howdy, Well, I’ve dictated my query letter. On a scale of 1 to 10, it’s not horrible, but it is still shit… I suppose that’s true for any...

Howdy, Spent the weekend hacking through the first cut of a synopsis. Not exactly fun. I did, however, experience a wee bit of luck. I’m...

Howdy, The Arduous Edit is nearly complete. I just finished stage VI edits this morning, which I had intended to be the final read...

Howdy, It’s been an exciting week or so in my writing world. Reality intruded by way of the snowpocalypse. Cars ice skated down hills and...

Howdy, I just reached a massive milestone in the Arduous Edit. I’m now at 100% completion for stages II, III, & IV! The manuscript is...

Howdy, I am pleased to announce The Dive, my latest flash fiction sci-fi, is live now over at Aphelion. This is the second flash piece...

Howdy, Just received some fantastic news the other day. The Overlord’s Trials has been chosen to be part of Fantasia Divinity Magazine’s...

Howdy, I read through a proof of my latest flash sci-fi story to be accepted for publication. Having a story accepted never gets old....