Category Archives: The Writing Process

If you are in the Vancouver area this weekend, consider going to the Creative Ink Festival.  Tickets are still available at the door, and you’ll get to see amazing people like Robert Sawyer and Galen Dara.  Galen is the cover … Continue reading →

Blechh!!!  I’m now trying a different approach with this book, starting with more action than in my (many) previous attempts.  However, this means I need a lot of flashbacks, which are tricky to handle in terms of flow and tension.  Blech!!! X2. … Continue reading →

I wrote a horror short story a while back called “The Talking Box,” and it has been accepted by Midnight Circus Magazine, a literary, themed quarterly.  It seem like an interesting publication, so please feel free to check it out … Continue reading →

City of Masks (working title) is complete – except for the revising, editing, and polishing.  Oh yes, and finding a publisher.  Minor considerations. Now for a week or two of reading other people’s writing.

There will be a City of Demons announcement in a few days, but to hold you until then I present the following: file: Some of the Wards of Shirath This is a crude map of wards 5, 6, and 7 … Continue reading →

I haven’t posted in a while – sorry about that – but I’ve been wrapping up some projects.  And really, just posting that your in the middle of things doesn’t bring anybody closure.  I finally finished a rejection-worthy (or maybe … Continue reading →

Eleven thousand words so far -and in only three days!  Of course, I had one chapter and part of another already written.  However, I did have to rewrite those pieces extensively to fit the outlines I’ve been slaving over.  And … Continue reading →

NaNoWriMo approaches (like a freight train), and I am going to participate for the first time.  There is a comic sci-fi novel that has been tickling my brain for years.  The tentative title is “Luck”, and I hope that doesn’t … Continue reading →

Thank you to the Richmond Public Library for choosing my book for their collection.  Seeing it on a library shelf took me back to when I was a kid prowling the stacks looking for an Andre Norton or Heinlein I … Continue reading →