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100 Rejections and Counting
Back in March I blogged about hitting 50 rejections for short fictions after close to two years of submitting. Well, now, about seven months later I have hit the big 100. The first 50 rejections took...
Indie Adventures – Part 5 – Bringing in the Pros
New to this series? Start with: Indie Adventures – Part 1 – The Starting Line This series is titled "Indie Adventures," and I am going the indie route with the publishing of my novel, but that does...
Indie Adventures – Part 4 – Beta Round 2 (or One More Time for Good Measure)
If you missed it, See Indie Adventures – Part 1 – The Starting Line, Indie Adventures – Part 2 – Beta Readers or “How the Hell Do I Know If This Book is Any Good!?”, and Indie Adventures – Part 3 –...
The Writers of the Future Contest - A Class Act
The Writers of the Future Contest (WOTF) is a class act. If you write speculative fiction (sci-fi or fantasy) and aren't a pro, then do yourself a favor and submit. I have been sitting on this for a...
Too Much To Do? Get Over It
So you got too much to do? Yeah me too. Sucks doesn't it? The day is just never long enough, you can just never get to it all. It is frustrating and maddening. Right? You work all day, and having...
New Sun Rising: Stories for Japan
This all started with 100 Stories for Haiti, and has moved on from Haiti to Pakistan to Queensland and now Japan. On March 11, 20011 a devastating earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. We all saw the...
100 Stories for Queensland is Here!
100 Stories for Queensland is here! So, you can read some great stories (include "Soggy Shoes" by yours truly) and help with the recovery from recent devistating flooding in Queensland, Australia....
Indie Adventures – Part 3 – Evaluating the Beta Read
If you missed it, See Indie Adventures – Part 1 – The Starting Line and Indie Adventures – Part 2 – Beta Readers or “How the Hell Do I Know If This Book is Any Good!?” So you did your homework and...
The Psychology of Writing, Part 2: The Shock Box
If you missed it see: The Psychology of Writing, Part 1. Writer L.M May just did a fantastic blog post titled: Fiction Writers and Learned Helplessness. In it she talks about some of the psychology...
Coming soon: 100 Stories for Queensland
100 Stories for Queensland now has a release date: Tuesday, May 3rd. This charity anthology has my story "Soggy Shoes" in it, and this one is for flood relief in Australia. All proceeds go to...
Indie Adventures – Part 2 – Beta Readers or "How the Hell Do I Know If This Book is Any Good!?"
If you missed it, See Indie Adventures - Part 1 - The Starting Line. It is a serious question. How the hell do you know if your book is any good? Or movie, or game, or song. If you are on your own...
Indie Adventures - Part 1 - The Starting Line
The publishing world is changing. Fast. A brief look at some writers blogs out there (Dean Wesley Smith, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Joe Konrath) will orient you to the changes. I can sum it up briefly in...
50 Rejections and Counting
On 3/18/2009 I submitted a story called "As I Shall at Death" to Flash Fiction Online. It was rejected, and that rejection was psychologically hard. Now, nearly two years later, I am around 50...
Doing What You Love + Lending A Hand = AWESOME
Doing What You Love + Lending A Hand = AWESOME. My story, "Soggy Shoes," was accepted for the 100 Stories for Queensland anthology, and I am personally thrilled to be able to contribute and to get...
100 Stories for Queensland
I am just putting the final touches on a submission for 100 Stories for Queensland. Like 100 Stories for Haiti and 50 Stories for Pakistan before it this is a charity anthology to help those in need....
Somewhere Between Denial and Depression
I wrote the following last August the 12th as we struggled with our dear Emerson's illness. We helped her on to the next life on about August 25th (I don't remember exactly what day it was, and I...
The Psychology of Writing, Part 1
Writing is hard… No, no, that's not it. Writing is not hard; getting your writing read is hard. Hmm, that's not exactly it either. Dealing with the rejection that goes with writing is hard. Actually...
50 Stories for Pakistan is Here!
50 Stories for Pakistan Helping the victims of the floods Produced by www.bigbadmedia.com Book Preview Actually, "50 Stories for Pakistan" has been out since October 28th, and I am remiss in blogging...
50 Stories for Pakistan
Greg McQueen, the force behind 100 Stories for Haiti is at it again. This time it's a book to support the victims of the flooding in Pakistan called 50 Stories for Pakistan. Once again he sent the...
Finding the Time
Writer John Scalzi has a great post on finding the time to write: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/09/16/writing-find-the-time-or-dont/ It is written with his usual sharp pointed wit, and right on the...
A Lesson in Light
When I started this blog, I intended to include some of my photographic work and thoughts. It has taken a while to get to it, but here we go. Light is everything for photography, quite literally. I...
100 Stories for Haiti is Here!
Woop! Well the book is out! 100 Stories for Haiti, which contains my story "The Path of the Faerie King" is on sale now. Here's how you buy: Preview the eBook at Smashwords. Buy the eBook at...
A Big "First"
A contract, I just filled out a publishing contract! The 100 Stories for Haiti project is rolling along and legal issues needed to be dealt with. The first-ness of this continues, and I am doing my...
Goodbye Friend Leo
Leo, the dog, is a neighbor of mine and a friend. Today the cancer claimed his body and he is off to his next adventure. Yes, I am one of those dog-centric types and I have called many dogs friend....
I'm a (Soon To Be) Published Author
I just got word from the 100 Stories for Haiti folks; “The Path of the Faerie King” has made the cut! I am, needless to say, very excited. This will be my first published story and is a wonderful balm...
100 Stories for Haiti
Author Greg McQueen is putting his time where is heart is and leading a project called 100 Stories for Haiti. It is a book project whose sales proceeds (as an eBook and a paperback) will go directly...
The Wonders of "Avatar"
I saw Avatar a few weeks ago and left the theater feeling something I hadn't felt at the movies in a while: Awe. The immersive quality of the experience made me feel like a boy again (and that in...
What is the future of eBooks?
Author JA Konrath has done a lot of thinking and writing on eBooks (not to mention making money selling them). If you are interested, check out his recent posts on the subject: E-Volution:...
Out With Kindle for PC In With Kindle for iPhone
I blogged previously about Sampling Books with Kindle for PC, this is a brief follow-up. I am no longer using Kindle for PC. The problem is I don't like to read on my PC. I spend all day at it...
Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother"
I read Cory Doctorow's Little Brother a few weekends ago, and I loved it. I think it's a good book, let me explain why. Doctorow recently wrote about how sci-fi is really about the present and not...
Burning Down the House
Today a house in my neighborhood was used as a live test for local fire crews. It is not often (as in never) that you know when a house is going to burn, and can enjoy the destruction in a guilt-free...
Does School Kill Creativity?
This TED talk by Ken Robinson from 2006 is about creativity, how to nurture it and what our school system does to it. Insightful. Very Funny [ted id=66] Some great quotes from the talk: "If...
Sampling Books with Kindle for PC
I just downloaded Kindle for PC, and am reading the sample chapters from Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol. This is going to change the way (or change back to the pre-internet way) I shop for books. If...
How Bad Do You Want It?
After 17 years, 138 rejections and 870,000 words Brad Torgersen finally made his first pro fiction sale. I guess he wanted it bad, I guess you gotta want it bad. Check out his post for more details....
The Arts Are a Job Too
I gotta admit it, the arts are like a siren to me. The romance of being an actor (did tons of that in high school), a artist (a video called LightTones), a photographer (here are some recent ones), or...