When I started writing seriously, I attacked the challenge of the short story. The first few times out the gate I remember how difficult it was to hit what I considered the minimum length for a serious story – 2500 words. I worked out characters ahead of time, almost like a role-playing game stat sheet [...]
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1. There are times that I have sat and watched words which *I am typing* appear on the screen in front of my eyes… and not recognised them. That’s how much my characters – or sometimes just my story – take over when I’m in “writer mode”. I sometimes think it’s a mild form of [...] Skull Rainbows, Asian Girls, and Pregnant Dwarf Strippers I’m still reveling in our incredible summer, which is still producing 90 degree temperatures and, for the first time since high school, I have actually walked the shores of the North Avenue Beach and Fullerton Parkway, the latter where my mom and dad hung [...] What you are about to read is heresy. The basic advice every writer gets from every direction is this: Write. Always write. Make sure you write. Make sure you write every day. Write write write write write write write. (Eventually, some of us move on to “and here’s what you do to make your writing good”, but [...] We’ve all heard the news and predictions. It’s the beginning—or well past the beginning—of the end. In three years, or five, or seven, e-books will be the norm, and mass market paperbacks will slouch off to die with the other dinosaurs. As for traditional books in general, I believe they were recently outsold by e-books [...] Not all that long ago I was at a convention and discussing the writing process with several other writers and fledgling writers. I do that from time to time at conventions because, well, let’s be honest, that’s part of what conventions are all about. Besides, I don’t really drink much, which eliminates a substantial portion [...] This week the world of horror publishing was shaken up by the announcement that Dorcester, parent company of Leisure Books, was shifting formats. They’re discontinuing their mass market production in favor of electronic publishing and print on demand titles. With that decision, the last existing horror line disappears from the mass market shelves. What now? First, let’s [...] |
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