Scifi Project Update #5: The First Roadblock

I haven’t been very productive in terms of writing……or anything else for that matter this month.  December has been like a jolly-Xmas-y-black-hole to me. I have been super busy and then the internet going all haywire last week (it’s still fucked as of this writing; next week’s fixing can’t get here soon enough) and other [...]

On Language, Words, Grammar & Blogs.

For as long as the internet has been around, “proper” language usage has been a subject of discussion, but it wasn’t until the last few months that I’ve been noticing the discussion really getting heated to the point of boiling over in some sites.  (I’m sure it has been boiling for quite a while, I’m [...]

Happy National Bookstore Day!

Now PLEASE go support your local INDEPENDENT bookstore.  See how I specified “independent” there and not B&N or Borders?  They will always be there; your local independent store may not so go support them instead…….. Now damn it!!
Just kidding!……not really.

300th Post Special: Scifi Project Update #4: The Official Opening.

Exactly seven months ago I started this blog and I would’ve never thought that I would be doing post #300 before the year was up.  Over half of that is movie-related and I’ve seen lots of movies in the past seven months, but even then, 300 seems too much talking (at least) for me.  Funnily [...]

E-Readers killed the Old-Fashioned Book Stars

I’m not a fan of e-readers; I don’t have one and I don’t have any plans on ever owning one. I was going to rant and rant and rant about how the Kindle and its kind will destroy the publishing industry in the same way that music downloads destroyed the music industry, but after the insanity [...]

Newly Titled Scifi Project (Update #3): The Infuriating Task Of Getting The Right Beginning.

The continuous sharing of my frustration while getting this project going with you.
In my humble opinion, the ending of a book is usually the most important part.  Even for a so-so story, if you get to an “oh shit/holy shit!” ending you will immediately forgive most of the stumbling and tripping over that came before [...]

Nathan Bransford’s 3rd-Sort-of-Annual Stupendously Ultimate First Paragraph Challenge.

Nathan Bransford (literary Agent with Curtis Brown Ltd.)  is certainly one of the coolest person in the world of publishing.  Not only is his blog very, VERY, informative, but he really goes out of his way to connect with people interested in becoming published authors or anyone that has any interest period on the publishing [...]

Untitled Sci-Fi Project (update #2): Tittle and a Little Detour.

Alright, already, I’ve read the suggestions and I’m going to (for once) listen up.  I’m not going to go with EIN SOF only because after much deliberation I’ve decided that that’s a better title for another story I have waiting patiently in the vast waiting room in the back of my mind, though it has been nagging [...]

Untitled Scifi Project (Update#1): How Important Is A Good Title?

I can’t pin down a title for it and it’s driving mad!  I’m usually very good at titling my stories, in fact, the title is usually the thing I come up with first and then I work everything else around the title, so you can understand my frustration at this being the first time ever [...]