As I let you know last month, I shall be attending the Pike’s Peak Writers’ Conference this weekend. The terror, it remains. Luckily, my compatriots in crime Ian and Anne shall be with me, and hopefully I can just remember that confidence is a self-fulfilling prophecy and not spend the entire time hiding behind fake [...]

I have a habit of doodling.  I draw on everything.  I always have, with the exception of college that I can’t really explain except I think perhaps too much physics sucked the joy out of life.  Or something. I do it at work all the time, which perhaps is ill-advised, especially in big meetings when [...]

I’m working on fixing up a book so I can continue submitting to agents with it. The process has gone a little like this: Step 1.  Write Book. Step 2.  Edit Book. Step 3.  Write Query Letter/Synopsis. Step 4.  Submit Book. Step 5.  Edit Book again. Step 6.  Submit Book again. Step 7.  Edit Book [...]

Thanks, everyone, for your kind words.  I appreciate them.  (The Landsquid does as well, though he’d never admit it.) I think part of the problem is a lack of focus on my part.  This ties in a little with Friday’s entry, but I will leave that to Friday.  Anyway.  You know how it goes.  Story [...]

We all hit these low points, the ones following some sort of disappointment (or sometimes not), where you stare at what you’re doing and wonder if you should just give up.  If it’s worth it to keep going for rewards that may never come.  If you’re wasting your time and that of those people around [...]