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Tagged With: 600 Hours of Edward

Read it. Absorb it. Live it.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by admin

I’ve been a professional novelist for nearly three years now. (Note that I said professional, in the sense that I get paid for my work. I’m still working on self-sustaining.) And if there’s anything I’ve learned in that time, other than the writing life seems to dole out pleasure and pain in equal measures, it’s … Continue reading »

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Here comes ‘Quantum Physics’

Posted on December 6, 2011 by admin

Today–Tuesday, December 6th–is the official release date for my new book, a collection of short stories called Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. Truth be told, the book has been available in print and e-book form for a couple of weeks now, but a book needs a release date, and this is mine. It’s … Continue reading »

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How are you? It’s been a while …

Posted on November 28, 2011 by admin

Here’s what’s been going on: Even my slimmed-down version of NaNoWriMo crashed and burned. I still love the story idea, still think about it a lot, still like what little progress I’ve made on it, but I won’t be finishing any time soon. It just needs some more cooking time in my head. The longer … Continue reading »

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Quasi-NaNoWriMo 2011, Day 2

Posted on November 2, 2011 by admin

Here are the latest tabulations as I keep myself accountable on a novel project I’m tentatively calling Rayfield: Date: November 2 Number of words at the start of writing today: 3,738 Number of words at the conclusion of writing today: 4,828 Words written today: 1,090* Words written in November: 2,160 * — This is why … Continue reading »

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NaNoWriMo: I’m in! Kinda. Sorta.

Posted on November 1, 2011 by admin

As I write this, National Novel Writing Month — known by adherents as NaNoWriMo — is sixty-four minutes old. Hundreds of thousands of would-be, never-will-be and most-definitely-are novelists are taking to their keyboards and trying to pound out a minimum of 50,000 words over the next thirty days. I already have the only NaNoWriMo badge … Continue reading »

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Monday media musings

Posted on September 12, 2011 by admin

Vacation’s over. Also, how ’bout them Cowboys? Wait … don’t answer that. Did I ever mention that the wondrous R.J. Keller and golden-voiced Todd Keisling teamed up to create a book trailer for Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure? Well, they did. Check it out: Pass it on to your friends. Also worth noting: … Continue reading »

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Inside ‘Quantum Physics,’ Part 5

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

We continue today with the story behind the story on the fifth piece of short fiction from my upcoming collection, Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure. To read previous installments, go here. QUANTUM PHYSICS AND THE ART OF DEPARTURE Backstory: The title story of the collection (obviously). A reader could be excused if, upon digesting … Continue reading »

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Publishing: pleasure and pain

Posted on August 11, 2011 by admin

Welcome to Day 4 of Honesty Week. Look, I don’t know how I feel about self-publishing. Back when I first did it, in those yonder days of early 2009, it was in the most rudimentary way possible. I uploaded my book to CreateSpace. I used one of that service’s horrible pre-fab templates for my cover. … Continue reading »

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Heartbreakers

Posted on August 10, 2011 by admin

Welcome to Day 3 of Honesty Week. My friend Ron Franscell said something a couple of years ago, when I was just getting my legs under me, and it has stuck with me since: “You think when you’ve landed that publishing contract that the rejection is behind you. Unfortunately, a whole new group of people … Continue reading »

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Grab Bag: G.D. Spradlin, R.I.P.

Posted on July 28, 2011 by admin

You might not recognize the name, but surely you remember the face and the voice: “You can take it and shove it up your ass with a poker, a red-hot poker!” “I intend to squeeze you, Mr. Corleone.” Turns out, Gervase Duan Spradlin, who died Sunday at age 90, was far more than an imminently … Continue reading »

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