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Today, I received good news. My short story entitled The Shape of Things to Come has been accepted for publication by Freedom Forge Press in the upcoming anthology. I’m waiting on the contract, but it looks like this is a done deal. I’m excited beyond words!
Okay, I haven’t posted in awhile. Everything caught up with me (see this post) and something had to give. I could only skip so much sleep, so the blog posts were next. I think it’s time to take another stab at the elevator pitch. This time, instead of tweaking what the pitch(es) I already produced, … Read more
The time crunch is upon me. On 1/19, I lost my laptop; one of its two fans refuses to spin, and the other spins on high. The laptop generates a huge amount of heat. In short, it’s unusable. So, by the end of next week, I have to complete the following: · Set up a … Read more
The photo atop the blog (and below, in case I change the blog’s photo) was taken by me. Its purpose is to promote the novel (Shifting Mars’ Sands) that I’m currently reviewing with a writers’ group. With any luck, in the spring, I’ll start a quest to find an agent. It shows the first page … Read more
… or when I read “Two Birds with One Stone” at the writers’ group. In this earlier blog post, I posted my story, Two Birds with One Stone, that wrote for a writers’ prompt for the Round Hill Writers’ Group. If you haven’t read it, please read it now; you’ll understand the rest of this … Read more
I wrote the following short story for the Round Hill Writers’ Group in December, 2011. It was in response to a writing prompt to tell a story based on an idiom. At the group, everyone reads his or her story aloud, so I like to keep mine short, 1000 words or less. I also try … Read more
I’ve been busy for the past month (give or take) on three chapters in Shifting Mars’ Sands. These chapters are tightly coupled; if you think of them as a balloon and you squeeze in one spot, a bulge will appear in another. The issue is that I moved a major argument between two protagonists (Frank … Read more
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, I helped a friend with a Win 7 computer issues. The first was that Windows Update had downloaded several updates that failed to install. The second was that the computer couldn’t connect to internet via a new high-speed cable installation. I’ve known about the Windows Update issue for some time, but … Read more
I recently visited the Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport. I try to visit every year or two. It’s my favorite museum because of the content for sure and because it’s convenient. For me, it’s about a 15 or 20-minute drive with plenty of signage, so you can’t get lost. This trip, I was … Read more
Okay, it’s time that I take a crack at an elevator pitch for my novel, Shifting Mars’ Sands. In an earlier post, I explained the purpose of an elevator pitch and highlighted the major points of my novel. There are two additional points that I have to keep in mind. First, I can’t oversell the … Read more