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March 20, 2012
Intelligence Report: Grammar Girl
I believe in the power of a well placed hyphen. I had a decent idea, but honestly, I wasn't quite sure where to stick my hyphen until I found Grammar Girl. Her eyes twinkled behind her glasses and she told me … Continue reading →
March 12, 2012
War Journal 34: Headlines
Can you guys believe this?! If my name was any bigger, the font would come with neon flash built in. I'm headlining, everybody! I wanted to shout this out as soon as I saw it, but I wanted to celebrate … Continue reading →
March 5, 2012
Creative Combat Arms: On Winning Contests
This post is going to be a defining moment for this blog. I'm centering my Creative Combat Arms around an interesting comment I got regarding my submission to the East India Press Short Story Contest in my "About" section. Here's … Continue reading →
February 29, 2012
Leapolution and Trench Gristle 03: Able Offers
NOTE: It's Leap Day! I had to blog… I won't get the opportunity to post again on this date for another four years! That said, let's look at Leap Day as a sort of time capsule… a Leapolution! Who knows … Continue reading →
February 27, 2012
Intelligence Report: Goodreads
You guys know my main mission with the pen… win the war in the trenches! But that's not the end all and be all of James Beamon. I'm like a role playing game hero. I got side quests! I haven't … Continue reading →
February 21, 2012
War Journal 33: Break Out Push
Sometimes, no news is good news. But at other times no news is no news. February has been one of those other times, when there's been nothing to blog about, good or bad. It made for an R&R that was … Continue reading →
February 1, 2012
War Journal 32: Trench Victory
My subscribers all know what I'm about. I started this blog without a single pro sell to my name . All I had was a dream: to be an SFWA pro. Now I have more than what I had when … Continue reading →
January 30, 2012
Intelligence Report: The New Death & Others
Who doesn't like fairy tales? Those saying, "I don't" would do well to stay away from The New Death. For everyone else, read on. James Hutchings delivers 64 tales and all except one would qualify as either a fairy tale … Continue reading →
January 25, 2012
Creative Combat Arms: The Urge to Quit
As many of my subscribers already know, I subscribe to David Farland's Daily Kick. Recently, his kicks have focused on inspiring words to aspiring writers. His kicks have amounted to "eyes on the prize, aspiring writers, just don't quit". I'd … Continue reading →
