Blog Entries for scififan - April 2007

In the mailbox...

scififan

I always get a really deep sinking feeling when I get my SASE's back—my gut drops out. Today I got two, one from a spec fiction magazine, and another from a speculative literature agent. But, to my surprise, both were requests—not acceptances, of course, but requests to see more work! The latter is actually from the literary agent's assistant, who passed the query along to another agent who wants the full ms. No more sinking feelings after all!

On an unrelated n [...]

Finally making some great progress ...

scififan

Finally making some great progress on several projects. I suspected this might happen; I got a lot of writing done today.

One of strongest points as a writer is that I can write excellent action sequences-coupled with the software I blogged about before, this has mean I can concentrate on the action of the scene, rather than the plot or character (I've loosely plotted beforehand). I can see thse scenes played out in my head, and when I get down to writing, it's like I am transcr [...]

Writing Software

scififan

No, not that kind of software; I mean the kind of software that will help you with your writing. One that helps you get � and stay � organized.

For someone who writes, any little thing that may help has got to be a good thing. And this is greater than your average little thing. I can't rememebr where I found this piece of [...]

Forgetting how to do my job

scififan

Imagine going to work one day only to forget how to do your job.

I have determined that I'm suffering from writer's block. I have a lot to say, but I just don't have the energy to struggle for the words that normally come easily. So, that's cool. I'll take a break from any real writing, and just surf the net and/or do nothing at all.

Do you know the longest word that can be spelt on the top row of a QWERTY keyboard?

It's 'typewriter'. The keyb [...]

Getting organized!

scififan

I took Thursday off from work. I needed a day where I didn't have to sit at the computer, answer the phone or any questions.

Usually after a day like that I rush home, scarf some food down and try to get a couple hours of writing in.

Instead of doing that, I slept in until 8am (when I was younger I never would have thought that one day I would consider waking up at 8am, [...]