Via The Hugo Awards: Best Novel (699 Ballots) * Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor) * The City & The City, China Miéville (Del Rey; Macmillan UK) * Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America, Robert Charles Wilson (Tor) * Palimpsest, Catherynne M. Valente (Bantam Spectra) * Wake, Robert J. Sawyer (Ace; Penguin; Gollancz; Analog) * The [...]
Tag Archives: writing
Mar
07
2010
Clarion 2010
Believe it or not, I’m still a little under the weather. I’m beginning to suspect I had the hamthrax. Five weeks out and I’m just now starting to feel like myself again. All it really means is that I’m sleeping way more than usual, drinking a gallon of water a day, and a bit behind [...]
Feb
24
2010
Deadlines cometh
February is coming to a close and I’m scrambling like mad. Clarion closes to applications on March 1st. One application story is done. I have a second one more or less ready, but I’m debating a last minute replacement. I’m putting the grind wheel and polish to my as yet untitled story for the Scheherazade’s [...]
Jan
22
2010
Week 3: Practice Stories
Another kind of successful week — 3,237 new words, bringing the years total to 10,404. I’m still struggling with revisions. I got critiques back on two of my stories this week. The crits were brutally honest, the way I like them, and resonated with things I’d been trying to figure out myself. One thing I’m [...]
Jan
16
2010
Week 2: A step slightly staggered
A new short story and a flash fiction drafted, and a second short story underway. Over 7,500 new words this year, with my average rising to 509 words/day. The Honorable Mention nod and a personal rejection also came in. The year is off to a good start. I’m still struggling with revisions. I failed my [...]
Jan
14
2010
Writers of the Future: Honorable Mention
I felt a little blue this week, grousing over revisions and my sometimes fragile ego. I distracted myself by patiently refreshing the Writers of the Future blog and checking the mail every few minutes, hoping to see some word of the 2009 Q4 results. Well, the list of Honorable Mentions was released before they had [...]
Jan
11
2010
The best laid intentions, felled by a lack of 3×5″ notecards
When I kicked off the year writing 250 new words a day, I had a plan. A story. An outline, man. I finished that story yesterday. Plus an impromptu flash fiction piece. Today? I have no plan. I have a theme (thank you, upcoming anthology). I have the kernel of a plot and main character. [...]
Jan
08
2010
Week 1: Knock on wood
When I started out following Booklife and documenting my writing progress, I suspected the first few weeks would either be really easy or really hard. Establishing a habit takes times and it’s easy to make excuses to skip writing. We all hear or use them — I’m too busy, too much day job work, kids/family, [...]
Jan
06
2010
Miscellanea
Writing It’s really too early to tell how things are going to work out long-term but so far I feel good. Not overwhelmed by keeping my spreadsheets updated or gut checking my short-term goals. I’m right where I want to be. I hope I can say the same thing a week and a month from [...]
Jan
03
2010
Achievements and goals
On the heels of yesterdays post about Booklife and my personal mission statement, I have added My Booklife to the sidebar. From here, I have posted and will keep updated my public weekly, monthly, 1 year and 5 year goals. I’ve also included my list of career achievements. I’m feeling pretty good about how things [...]
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