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Us Versus Us: 2023 Year-End Review
It’s that time again. I want to talk about what I’ve read, what I’ve done, and what I’ve learned in the Year of Our Lord two-thousand twenty three. That’s enough of an intro, right?
2023 Novel November Editing Giveaway
Every year, come October, I tell myself I should participate in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). And most years, come the day after Halloween, I’ve decided I can’t handle that much extra work in my life right now.
This year, because I knew I wouldn’t be writing, I decided to do something for writers.
A Haiku, an Apology, and a Promise
This week has been a busy one for me, which means part three of “Anatomy of Storytelling” isn’t ready yet. But I have started it… mostly… kind of… look the outline is done in my head, OK? It’s a good one, and it requires more research that I haven’t finished yet. I’ll be answering the question: “Do stories require language?”
When Good Is Enough: 2022 Year-End Review
The wistful desire to think through the year and the lessons learned and the growing pains afflicts me as well. The nostalgic sense of wonder and reflection—they are not foreign to me. Thus, since I cannot change the calendar, I will submit to its declaration that today is the last day of the year.
Back in the Saddle Again… Kind of
It’s finally fall—at least, culturally speaking. It’s important to get back to practical posts. Not to insinuate that reading fiction can’t help you get better at writing, but it seems a good time to get back to what I originally intended this blog to be: Advice on the craft. What little I know offered to you in the most appetizing way I can plate it.
FICTION FRIDAYS ARE (almost) HERE
Fiction Fridays are (almost) here! Read more about it and come back tomorrow for the first part of “We Are Stardust,” a science fiction short story.
EMERGENCY UPDATE(S)
My blog will be on a less consistent, pseudo-hiatus, kind of schedule. At least for a while. The goal is to get back to new posts every Monday soon, but I can’t be sure when that will happen. There may be fewer than one post a week. The posts that come may not come on Monday. Hopefully you’ll forgive me. If not, well… eh, I’m still happy because I have a second son, so phooey on you.
National Poetry Month
I’m accepting a National Poetry Month challenge to write a poem every day for the entire month of April. As a part of my accountability structure, and as a way to force myself to become comfortable with the uncomfortable, I will be posting them to this blog.
The Gift that Keeps on Taking: 2021 Year-End Review
This post was originally planned to be a simple recap of the books I’ve read this year and some brief spoiler-free reviews… well, it’s morphed into something more comprehensive; it exposes more of me than this blog was ever intended to, but my hope is that you, dear reader, will find it more worthwhile and helpful as a result.