Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on March 11, 2008 | 10 Comments »
The first draft of my Shadow Unit story is done. Which means I cannot celebrate yet, but I can sleep the sleep of one who has worked hard and honestly, if not well.
Forgive this analogy from a vegetarian, but I did go deep-sea fishing in my teens and caught a huge fish, so: The first [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on November 14, 2005 | 4 Comments »
I’ve put a new installment here. My other blogs are likely to suffer as I focus on finishing this book. Expect a post over there every day until this draft is done. I think I’ll just pretend I’m starting NaNoWriMo late.
Uh, don’t expect the current post or any future ones to be any good. That’s [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on March 23, 2005 | 4 Comments »
The 1-Day Novelist seminar was heaps o’ fun. I think we’ll do another in Tucson in May, and probably one in or near Fort Worth, Texas, toward the end of June. If you’re interested in either, email me. I’ll give more details in the next week or two.
I was recently asked:
How do you post a [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on March 20, 2005 | 7 Comments »
Most of our books are in boxes. The move is about ten days away. This seems wrong.
Some atheist Unitarian Universalists are uncomfortable talking about UUism as a spiritual movement. “Spiritual” doesn’t bother me, but I’ve begun to wonder if we should talk about it as a moral movement instead. Many religions assume that a moral [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on March 10, 2005 | 8 Comments »
I didn’t mean for the previous post to be, “Oh, poor me!” At least, not very much. I meant it to assure new writers that rejection is part of being a professional. Not every story is for everyone. The only writers who are almost never rejected are the bestsellers, and there’s a penalty for them, [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on March 10, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Two rejections today. Couldn’t they have talked to each other and spaced them out? One was an extreme longshot (a grant for a play that I want to write) and one came with a nice excuse (too young for the intended audience), but still: two rejections in the same day. Ouch.
Of course, I’ve had two [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on February 28, 2005 | 4 Comments »
Okay, this is a bit tacky: I’ve misplaced a friend’s email address, so I’m just putting this on my blog and trusting she’ll stumble across it in a bit:
Jane Yolen wrote, “an editor called me up and yelled at me. In over forty years in the business that has never happened before. I pride myself [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on February 19, 2005 | No Comments »
The People Who Owned the Bible - A Story has been translated into Spanish: Aquellos que poseían la Biblia - Un Relato. I love the web. I wish my Spanish was better. I think some parts are better in Spanish, especially the line about driving in Saudi Arabia.
Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on February 11, 2005 | 5 Comments »
I have an amazing ability to recognize the truth and then keep going with the confidence that the truth will change when I need it to. That worked fairly well until I was 40 or so, when I tried to make the War for the Oaks movie, and reality said, “No, I meant it when [...]
Posted in seeker, tagged writer at work on February 4, 2005 | No Comments »
It was hard to get going again. I agonize over beginnings (including resumptions), which I know is silly since beginnings are always subject to the greatest revisions once the story’s going. But maybe it’s not silly. A good beginning gives the confidence to charge ahead. I packed a sleeping bag for our road trip and [...]
