This summer my family and I visited the tiny scenic town of Wallace, Idaho. Wallace is primarily known for two things; it’s the town you see in Dante’s Peak that gets destroyed by a volcano and it’s the Center of… Read More »Welcome to the Center of the Universe
The holiday break is a busy time for me, not so much with work or family but with regards to my writing hobby. This year I’m cruising through the first draft of a novella. This will be the last Star… Read More »Holiday Post
Thought I’d offer my audience a look at the latest Plume Beta, since it’s really not for public consumption yet. This being Beta software, things are not final and are subject to change. With that disclaimer out of the way,… Read More »Plume Beta Sneak Peek
1 Sending off the Starforgers manuscript to my editor today. Until I get it back, I’ll be working on the outline for Starveyors. Also doing a bunch of research reading for that next WIP. I’m also going to try and… Read More »Writing Tidbits 31 Aug 2011
The progress meter plugin that I had been using died. I think the author of it gave up on it. I found a new one and now we have colorful, page based progress meters again. I actually like this one… Read More »Progress Meters Updated
I’ve decided to start building a wiki for the Starstrikers Universe. When you build a SF universe to set your stories in and then write more than one book or short story in that universe, it gets real hard to… Read More »Starstrikers Universe Wiki
One last picture on this lazy, put the Christmas Tree away kind of afternoon. We caught our youngest sleeping on the floor in his room with Endora, our black lab.
Over the break I was playing around in the bedroom with my HP netbook running Ubuntu and an external monitor. I was trying to write and watch This Week In Google. What was I thinking? I can’t even listen to… Read More »Playing With The Netbook
The news continues to be bleak for traditional publishers and big retail bookstore chains like Borders, while the news for e-books and self-publishers is getting brighter. What’s a writer to do? Do you stick with the old school and keep… Read More »Being A Writer In 2011
One of my tasks to complete during the holiday break was to create and start sending out an email newsletter. Using MailChimp, I have completed that task. You will now find access to the newsletter, called Dispatches, in the main… Read More »Newsletter