This week I reached two writing milestones: I submitted my first fantasy short story, The River Lords, for publication and I began revising the first draft of my first novel, Shadow of the Black City. Each of these milestones represents something different. The River Lords represents completing a project and putting it out there and, […]
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I love this guy. No matter how I’m feeling, Patrick Sweany always brings me up. He’s the effin’ best, not to mention nice as hell. Go out and buy his stuff. Now. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTgrkll05A] This post is inspired by author Robert K. Lewis, known poster of great traditional blues. I’ll be posting more blues in the
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Earlier today, I posted another snippet from The River Lords, a short story I’ve been working on for several weeks. The metamorphosis of this story has been fascinating–and educational. About a week ago I thought I had a draft I was ready to submit for publication, but something nagged at me. I wasn’t all that
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I’ve been trimming The River Lords yet again, beginning the story still closer to the end. I’m liking what I’m seeing. Back on the boat, I coaxed dried grass and twigs to fire in a bronze pan that had survived the Yan Gorge. I spitted the rabbits and placed them over the flames, turning them
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I have to admit, I love free stuff. Not the junky stuff you get in your bag at the student bookstore or the casserole dish you get when you open a checking account, but the kind of stuff that is substantial — free audio-books. I used to commute an hour each way to work and
Free Podcasts and Print Books Living Together, Mass Hysteria! Read Post »
Yesterday marked the 100th comment on Words and Coffee. Thanks to all who’ve contributed! I look forward to reading more in the upcoming months.
Today I’m participating in a mass blogging! WOW! Women On Writing has gathered a group of blogging buddies to write about family relationships. Why family relationships? We’re celebrating the release of Therese Walsh’s debut novel today. The Last Will of Moira Leahy, (Random House, October 13, 2009) is about a mysterious journey that helps a
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Mr. Bransford’s contest and all the entries can be seen here. Here’s my entry: I rode from the ruins of Wat Rahm on a collection of flotsam amid the swift waters of the flooded Yan River. The corpses of my brothers and sisters, the Jao Naam, bobbed and swirled past with a languor not of
I spent time last night talking with a friend, Ben Curnett, who I don’t see that often. The conversation turned to books and he threw out a couple of books he had read and enjoyed. He mentioned Bernard Cornwell’s Arthur Books and Patrick Rothfuss’s Name of the Wind. I look forward to checking them out.
What I Decide to Read Read Post »