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Nano 2013: An Update, Plus Something Extra...

I'm behind, NaNoWriMo 2013, that is. I'm sitting on 25k word count on the 17th. That puts me two full days behind. It could be worse, honestly, and I think I can catch up... um, probably.

For those curious, I get the feeling that rewrites on this one will be extensive. It could take a long time to get into shape, but I'm very happy with where I think I'm going with it. So, yay.

And in other news, well, I don't really have other news, because everything I've been doing in my free time has been w...

Nano 2013... I'm All In!

2013 have been a strange year for me. The biggest issue has been my complete failure in finding a way to manage my time appropriately. Work has become an ever growing presence in my life, time with my family now has to be scheduled – since the teens would only stop by for clothes and money if I didn’t. Hard for me to believe that there was a time that, while I never had tons of free time, I had at least enough to write some, read some, blog some, and still watch movies, have family time, and...

Killbot Q&A, Being Poor Sucks But it Looks Like I'm Not Alone, Plus More!!

HELLO WORLD! I have been somewhat absent of late. Anyone who's been around my blog for very long knows I tend to drop off the map from time to time, and that can be for a few days, weeks, or in some cases, several months. I think I've mentioned before that I'm in a constant state of juggling my free time, which grows smaller daily, with my multitude of interests that keep me sane. As I spend more time doing one thing, something else has to disappear for a while. Sometimes that thing that gets...

My Adventure: I've Chose Life!

IN HONOR OF BRIANE PAGEL's Temporary Anne blog tour, which continues today at Sandra Ulbrich's blog, he has been writing a choose your own adventure type of tale based on reader comments. Genius idea.

As such, I read one a week or so ago after hearing the topic of Choose Your Own Adventure style stories on a podcast. One of the panelists said Choose Your own Adventure #71: Space Vampire, was the single greatest entry into the market ever made for those type of books.

So I purchased. I read. I r...

Damned Titles

Hey everyone, a quick reminder that Briane Pagel's enormously fun choose your own adventure style of story continues today over at Jessica Bell's blog. All part of the promotion for his latest release, Temporary Anne.

http://www.jessicabellauthor.com/
Please stop by and check it out. 
Speaking of new releases, thanks to everyone that picked up a copy of my latest, which I snuck out into the world recently. The pic and link to the amazon page is on the sidebar. Of  course, about 75% of...

Temporary Anne Blog Party Continues!

DAY FIVE of the "Temporary Anne" tour is continuing on the blog 
lit, a place for stories.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THAT BLOG and find out what happened on the spider web!  Here's a teaser:
My back arches with agony, the spider's legs grab me, and the speck grows even larger.  
I have one hope.
Just one.
And, for those who haven't gotten it yet, 




THANKS to everyone who's following the Temporary Anne blog tour!  
TEMPORARY ANNE is free again today!

If you didn't already ge...

Temporary Anne and Choosing Your Own Adventure

Briane Pagel has released the much ballyhooed Temporary Anne. And he's celebrating with a blog tour. Over the course of the past week or so he has been writing an entire tale based on the recommendations of commenters. So, please, contribute ideas so the story can continue. I'm such a fan of Choose Your Own Adventure styles stories that the latest book I ordered off Amazon was Space Vampires: Choose Your Own Adventure # 71. Because, how can you not love that? So let's see where that story tak...

CassaStorm Arrives!

Alex J Cavanaugh has finally given us the third in his trilogy of books centering on Byron, the warrior that yearns for peace. The early draft I was privileged to read was very sharp, and gave a surprising amount of depth into the relationships of everyone involved. I'm betting this will be his best yet.

See the announcement below, you know, in case you've not been on the internet for the past few months and this is the first place you've checked to get your news.

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Comment on Alex’s blog this w...

FOOTBALLOCALYPSE!!

This is, if I’m not mistaken, the most I’ve posted in a very long time. Twice in one week? Honestly, blogging has become a much smaller part of my life over the past year, and I’ve scaled it back to what I feel is something I can accommodate into my life.  In other words, I REALLY appreciate every single one of you that has continued to stop by and visit over the course of the past year. I’m not always the best at reciprocating, but it’s not because I’m a jerk. It’s because I’m self-abso...

Horsocalpyse!

So, it’s Tuesday again. Seems like Tuesdays are starting to roll around weekly nowadays. Since when did that start happening?
Anyhow, congrats to everyone that took the quiz I posted last time. It reinforces to me my pet hypothesis that writers to tend to fall on the right hand side of the bell curve of human knowledge. That isn’t to say that quiz was in any conceivable way an intelligence test, but it is a gauge of at least having some basic grasp of the world we live in and how it...