The World’s Laziest Aikidoka
I’ll be back on the mat tomorrow. I took several months off from Aikido last year. I didn’t think it would be permanent at first, just a short […]
More DetailsSome Thoughts on “Mold”: Sort of an Awards Eligibility Post
My short story “Mold” appeared this summer in the anthology Survivor, edited by JJ Pionke and Mary Anne Mohanraj, and published by Lethe Press. I’m tremendously proud of both […]
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Total words: 16,507 That…didn’t go as planned. Despite some thorough pre-writing and my best efforts, I did not reach 50,000 words during November. I didn’t anticipate coming down […]
More DetailsNaNoWriMo 2018: Days 19-25
Word count: 16,507 Best laid plans, yadda yadda yadda. I finally made some time…and then I caught a nasty cold I’m just starting to get over. I’m getting […]
More DetailsNaNoWriMo 2018: Days 12-18
Total word count: 16,304 So this week was terrible for getting any writing done. I was busy at work preparing for a deadline, taking care of Board of […]
More DetailsNaNoWriMo 2018: Days 5-11
Word count: 16,018 Things are about to slow down. I’m running headlong into several unavoidable commitments this week, so my time crunch is at its crunchiest. I’m also […]
More DetailsNaNoWriMo 2018: Days 1-4
Total word count: 7,005 My “super-outline” spreadsheet — the one with too many columns — might be the key to keeping me on track this year. I had […]
More DetailsNaNoWriMo 2018: Final Preparations…
…Are as finished as I can manage. I have an outline. (There’s a subplot I need to add, but I’ll do that in the next few days, and […]
More DetailsFYI, the focus of this blog will be changing. I’ll continue to post about writing and technology and UU things, but certain aspects of my personal life will […]
More DetailsNaNoWriMo 2018: The Lengthy Prologue
The time is upon us. I’ve been preparing for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, for several weeks. Last year’s attempt fizzled out for a number of reasons […]
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