I generally love technology, especially online technology. Because of Google Apps, Dropbox and IM, I can work miles and miles away from my boss and not feel at all out […]
Writing
Alif the Unseen
The thing I’ve found is that a lot of debut fiction reads like debut fiction. Not to sound like a total snot or anything, but even the debut fiction that is recommend or makes it onto some list somewhere, often strikes me as needing qualification: “it was a great book, for a first novel.” I’m not interested in qualifications.
Card by Card
So here it is, my whole novel, laid out scene by scene. Don’t bother trying to enlarge the image to steal all my fabulous, mind-blowing ideas. Even if we lived […]
Goals, past and present.
I’m 3.5 in 4 for 2012. Not too shabby.
Writing: Better Than The End Of The World
Okay, I will admit to kind of, sort of, maybe just a little bit being disappointed by the lack of apocalypse on Friday.
This 5 a.m. Thing Is Catching On
I was talking to a dear old friend of mine this last weekend. He was staying at our place while he and Daniel took some time to work on a […]
What My Characters Drive
spent the wee hours this morning figuring out what cars my characters all drive. It seems like a silly thing. I almost felt like I was wasting precious writing time, browsing the internet for images of various cars, but the truth is, these little details matter.