The first cliche I probably ever heard someone say was “Time is money.” It’s been my experience that the people who say the catch phrase the most usually don’t have much time or money. (But if stress were currency, they’d be some of the richest people I know.) Since childhood, I’ve liked listening to older […]
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Google Plus for Writers
Yesterday, I mentioned some of my initial thoughts about Google+. So far, I like it. I have friends who don’t; I have friends who like it but won’t use it because it’s yet another social network. I get all that–I feel the same way myself about many things I’m told I should use as a […]
Initial Thoughts about Google+
The first thing I noticed about Google+ when I received an invite and checked it out: no Farmville, Mob Wars, or other games filling people’s feeds! The second thing I noticed: “Aside from no Farmville, this is almost exactly like Facebook.” The third thing I noticed: I was wrong about Google+ being almost exactly like […]
Monday Motivation: Exciting Writing
Jennifer Colliau, founder of Small Hand Foods, is featured in the latest issue of Imbibe Magazine. “Who is Jennifer Colliau, and what does she have to do with writing?” you might ask? Looking at the sites I linked to, it might seem like she has nothing in common with writing. She has studied the craft […]
A Benefit of eBook Technology
When I completed my first novel, Hell Comes With Wood Paneled Doors, I obviously hoped it would be published by a traditional publisher. I finished it in the early 2000s, and it was met with the typical rejection I seem to get: “I liked this, but it’s a bit too quirky and I don’t know […]
Hell Comes With Wood Paneled Doors eBook
While it’s been in the 100s all week, summer has officially arrived in Texas (and the rest of the northern hemisphere). In honor of the start of summer road trip season, I’m releasing the first novel I ever wrote, Hell Comes With Wood Paneled Doors, as an ebook. Right now, it’s available on Amazon.com and […]
Writing About Writing
Over at Chuck Wendig’s Terribleminds, the talk today is about blogging about writing. Should writers blog about writing? Does the world really need another writing blog? Some writers say no; others say yes. Why I Blog? I started The Juggling Writer to keep writing even more on my mind than it already is. While I’ve […]
Monday Motivation: Keep Writing!
I hate entering edits. I don’t mind reading a manuscript yet again, marking it up with all the little things that make it flow better, but I can’t stand adding or removing commas and words. It reminds me of warehouse work or formatting technical manuals. It’s tedious! Okay: it sucks! I’m not kidding when I […]
The Book Pile: Bernard DeVoto’s The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto
It’s been one of those weeks at work, the kind where time moves back and forth in an odd dance in the mind, making it feel like minutes are hours and hours, minutes. Deadlines, chaos, and nerves–there’s something big to work on, and when the sun meets the horizon (at this time of the year, […]
Monday Motivation: The Best Time to Plan or Write
“The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” – Agatha Christie For me, it’s in the shower…or in the car… Other times it’s on walks, or even while I’m playing tennis… Now that I’m back to working outside the home, it’s during lunch, too… And yes, sometimes it’s even while […]
A Writer’s Politics: Does It Matter?
I used to belong to a group of comic book creators called the Southwest Society of Comic Book Creators. It was a cool thing while it lasted, with a large group of creators sharing tips, tricks, and just hanging out. Sometime in the early 90s, there was a meeting of Southwest comic book creators–mainly Texas […]
The $.99 E-Book
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal had a piece about cheap e-books. I’ve heard more than a few people bemoan the race toward the bottom when it comes to pricing stories on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other sites selling e-books. While I understand where these people are coming from (it can be hard to stomach […]
Sick of Your Own Writing
I have a little secret about the first novel I ever wrote: I’m really, really sick of it! It started out as a screenplay, which was edited several times. Then I used the screenplay as an outline for a novel, which was edited several times. Then I recorded the novel and released it as a […]
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