Dan
Story Acceptance
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...
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Dan
- Aug 3, 2019
- 1 min
Writer’s Conference Time
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...
Dan
- Jul 28, 2019
- 2 min
My Next WIP
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...
Dan
- Jul 26, 2019
- 2 min
Apollo 11
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...
Dan
- Jul 16, 2019
- 1 min
That Darn Synopsis
Howdy, Lately, I’ve made some excellent progress on improving my novel’s synopsis. No secret. Just revise, revise, and revise some more....
Dan
- Jul 7, 2019
- 1 min
The Wall has Dropped
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...
Dan
- Jul 1, 2019
- 1 min
Set Aside Your Draft Revisited
Howdy, Damn. That is just damn good advice from Matt Bird, screenwriter and author of The Secrets of Story. Setting aside your draft, I...
Dan
- Jun 25, 2019
- 1 min
Sabotage Published
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...
Dan
- Jun 22, 2019
- 2 min
What I’ve been reading, June 2019 Edition
Lately, I’ve been listening to audiobooks on Libby, an app that lets you check out audiobooks and e-books from your local library. It’s...
Dan
- Jun 15, 2019
- 1 min
Story Acceptance
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...
Dan
- Jun 7, 2019
- 1 min
Planning, Planning, Planning…
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...
Dan
- Jun 2, 2019
- 1 min
Story Acceptance
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,...
Dan
- May 18, 2019
- 2 min
What I’ve been reading – May 2019 Edition
Well, since my last post on this topic, I’ve breezed through a handful of interesting books. I’ll start with the longest tome of them...
Dan
- May 10, 2019
- 2 min
Update on Various Projects
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...
Dan
- May 3, 2019
- 1 min
Editing for Sophistication
Howdy, I recently finished reading Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King. You might recall, that I referenced...
Dan
- Apr 24, 2019
- 1 min
Arduous Edit COMPLETED!
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...
Dan
- Apr 15, 2019
- 2 min
The Diabolical Query Letter Rev. 2
Howdy, After reading my query letter to the writer’s guild, I quickly figured out it’s closer to horseshit than not. As you may recall...
Dan
- Apr 13, 2019
- 1 min
The Arduous Edit Complete…sort of
Howdy, I’d like to say the Arduous Edit is complete, as in done and dusted. I expected what I call the stage VII edits to be it....
Dan
- Apr 7, 2019
- 2 min
What I’ve been Reading April 2019 Edition
Howdy, In between working on the Dreaded Synopsis, the Diabolical Query Letter, and finishing off the Arduous Edit, I’ve managed to read...
Dan
- Mar 24, 2019
- 1 min
The Diabolical Query Letter
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...