Category Archives: writing
novel writing, today from the west country in dorset
As I wrote six months ago, I had finally finished the book. Or thought I had. Some additional changes were suggested that have resulted in vast improvements. So now I’m shopping it around. The rejection emails are starting to mount … Continue reading
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the end of things
How well do you deal with the natural end of things? Some are easier than others but, not unlike dying celebrities, these things always seem happen in threes. I’m in that threesome cycle (get your mind out of the gutter … Continue reading
sez it all…
“TO SUM IT ALL UP, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE, IF YOU WANT TO CREATE, YOU MUST BE THE MOST SUBLIME FOOL THAT GOD EVER TURNED OUT AND SENT RAMBLING. YOU MUST WRITE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF YOUR LIFE. YOU … Continue reading
dumber by the hour
I have come to accept, though not condone, linguistic laziness in the workplace. English can be a brutal language to the foreign tongue (there, their, they’re – bow bough (how could those two possibly sound the same) wind, wind (the … Continue reading
i write like…
I write like David Foster Wallace I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! This is a kewl site. it analyzes your writing and compares you to a famous author…I Write Like
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tales from the MAWGish woods…
Nobody likes you… Everyone left you… They’re all out without you… Having fun… As my blog popularity has gone completely down la toilet… i thought maybe it’s the background putting people off, or perhaps the over the top snarky attitude … Continue reading
i must use a different library…
So 2009 is coming to a close and many folk get literal in demanding that we are also coming to the end of the first decade of the 21st century…which is numerically correct. So we will begin to see not … Continue reading
random minutia
Just a lot of scattered things going on… First, I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year. I haven’t done it since 2005; the results of that effort is the novel that is oh so close to being shopped around. We’ll see if I … Continue reading
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wsotb…next installment
previously 1 previously 2 previously 3 By two P.M. the stench was palpable. Downtown became the victim of the reek from the polluted river broiling in it’s own toxins, the odor slithering up the banks and coating everything in a … Continue reading
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WSOTB…part tre
He grudgingly released Cochran, who saw the dark blue vein throbbing that gorilla’s temple. “That will be all Terrence,” the man said, the dismissal clear. “Please,” he said to Cochran with a motion guiding Cochran through a pair of carved … Continue reading
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WSOTB…continued
“Hey, that’s clever. Did you think that up all by yourself or did you memorize that from the movies?”
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the wrong side of the bridge
The thick, black and chrome knife handle embedded solidly against her throat saw to that. Then he realized the dress was not red at all. At least, not originally. Continue reading
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Disturbing Meat
My, my it’s been quiet around here…mostly due to the fact that I’ve been in a which unfortunately seems to be a recurring thing over the past few months. I can’t imagine why. Things are going so swimmingly and we’re … Continue reading
Enough is Enough
OK. It’s been a month. Enough of this. Time to start ranting again. All the things I thought of to write over the past four weeks….now I can’t think of one of them…. So…to summarize…. The book: in it’s fourth … Continue reading
2nd Draft – Finito!
Yep. Killin’ trees but wanted to print the whole thing out anyway. It’s kewl to see it on paper instead of on-screen. Next step: find some readers to really go over it an critique the hell out of it (any … Continue reading
Not There
It’s just one of those days. I’m just not there. I’m feeling old…and sad, trying to grasp a point to things. I need some of KFarmer‘s mojo. I can’t even pinpoint one specific thing…just a lot of little things that … Continue reading
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Headline
EARTH EXPLODES: NO ONE REALLY NOTICES O’Reilly Decrys Liberal Scientists Gore Blames Melting Poles Clinton Demands Galactic Healthcare Without so much as a bang, more of a collective sigh, the earth blew up at approximately 11:36 AM central standard time. … Continue reading
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