about the blog
Watch this space. . .
Well in a little less than two weeks I’ll be attending DragonCon, my last convention for a while as I retool myself to paying a little more attention to the writing part of this whole writing thing. My agent has Read more…
Uncategorized
I’m Alive
Just don’t have much time to be blogging. All my free writing time is going to the actual novel(s). I have some ideas about what I may be doing with this blog in the future, but for the time being Read more…
appearances
Ohioana
I, along with a bunch of other Ohio authors, will be at the The Ohioana Book Festival this coming weekend down in Columbus. It’s free and open to the public so if you’re in the area on Saturday why not Read more…
movies
Atlas Shrugged, the Movie.
Just saw the film and here are my impressions in no particular order: Given the subject matter, I doubt there will be a single objective review of this film (pun sort of intended) since just about everyone will review the Read more…
internet
For all those authors who explode over on-line reviews.
You may think your work may have been unfairly treated by some reviewer, blogger, or some commenter on Amazon. But no, really it hasn’t. Your work has never been truly insulted unless it has been insulted like this: Gentlemen: “Dod Read more…
internet
Speaking of authors doing things wrong. . .
Strangely enough, just as my ancient post on Mr. Patrick “fiction writer working at the very highest level today” Roscoe gained some renewed attention, another author decided to break the cardinal rule of writing in the age of the internet, Read more…
about the blog
Unexpected attention. . .
A year ago I blogged about Mr. Patrick Roscoe an asshat of epic proportions whose claim to fame is sending the following to a literary agent: Colleen Lindsay: Thank you for making it clear, through your response to my query, Read more…
valentine's night
Where Valentine goes from here
One of the things keeping me from blogging has been a rewrite on my unsold novel Valentine’s Night. I’m nearing the end of that revision, and the MS has gone from 75K to around 95K, and that’s with some cutting. Read more…
Apotheosis Trilogy
Writer’s Conferences and Apotheosis Reviews
I will be presenting this weekend at The 20th Annual Western Reserve Spring Writers’ Conference: Saturday, March 26, 2011 8:30 a.m. – 1: 30 p.m. My session will be 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. PLOTTING SCI-FI AND FANTASY: Plotting is the Read more…