[tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=bit.ly] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4bbH1nsHAg] They say a kiss is just a flower that a bee might return from And do his little dance at the hive Perhaps it’s worth mentioning as I write this song down I am the happiest f*cker alive Because the seashore cries out for a painter to paint it And […]
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I posted the other day on my need to be better read in the steampunk genre (Since then I’ve received The Difference Engine and Boneshaker and have them piled comfortably on my desk, ready for reading). In addition, for the last seven or eight months I’ve periodically surfed the internet for information on anything from
Steampunk Education Read Post »
I’m working on a dream Though sometimes it feels so far away I’m working on a dream And i know it will be mine someday Rain pourin’ down, i swing my hammer My hands are rough from working on a dream Bruce Springsteen Working on a Dream I took the time this past Monday to
A Writer’s Schedule & A Couple of Helpful Books Read Post »
Before the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa season I reached approximately the half way mark in my second draft of Shadow of the Black City. I’ve got a pretty good idea of the large story arc and have enjoyed filling in the gaps. Then the holidays came and the writing stopped. It’s been a good break because I’m forcing
Steampunked: Keeping the Novel Afloat While Surfing the Genre Read Post »
…he felt a loneliness he’d not known since he was a child and he felt wholly alien to the world although he loved it still. Cormac McCarthy All The Pretty Horses [tweetmeme source=”jjdanz” only_single=false service=bit.ly] Look at those words. They are not $100 words or $10 words or even $1 words. Those are the words
I never read as much as I’d like. Does anyone? When I do read, I like the stories to be thought-provoking, and resonant. I like to care about the people about whom I’m reading, whether fiction or non-fiction. Of the books I read in 2009, these are the ones that lingered longest (in a good
Favorite Reads of 2009 Read Post »
Today marks the one year anniversary of the death of my friend Jesse. I think about him every day and miss him like hell. Over the last several years we didn’t talk as much as either of us would have liked, but when we did, we just picked up where we left off. Jesse was
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Check out the cool Van Gogh picture to the left. Using high intensity X-Rays, Scientists discovered the face over which Van Gogh painted Patch of Grass. Cool. Even cooler is, unlike scientists at Delft University, you’re the one adding the layers and your readers get to uncover them. I’m a little over a third of
Layers and Texture – Revising Your Writing Read Post »
Knowing what I know now, I’ll be happy to blow out a disjointed, gangly mongrel of a first draft in the future if only to clear my mental sinuses. I mean, if that’s what it takes to get a tighter second draft that I might actually enjoy reading, then sign me up. Lemme ‘splain: The
First Draft is a Snot Rocket. Read Post »