Bill Gauthier's Blog, page 14
May 12, 2015
The End Has Finally Come, or Hey, Mom! I Finished the Novel!
See that? That’s what’s at the very end of my manuscript forEchoes on the Pond. The reason I’m showing you is because—and I say this knowing it’s not 100% true, but roughly 98% true—I’m done with it. I have a few people giving this third draft a read, and if they all hit on […]
May 6, 2015
“Tee-Vee, Daddy,” or Kid’s Shows That Won’t Make You Want to Join a Cult
We all say that when our child is born s/he won’t watch TV. Nope. Our lil one is going to learn the treasures of play and literature early, and while the TV won’t be off-limits, it will definitely be regulated more than when we were kids. I said that back in 1997 and early-1998 when […]
April 12, 2015
Days From the End…For the Past Week Or So, or Writing Can Be Funny Like That
On Monday, March 30th, I figured that I’d be done doing pen-edits onEchoes on the Pond by the end of the week and work would move to the computer to begin editing the manuscript. I had about 50 or so pages left and had been editing about 10 pages/night. This took me about 20 minutes […]
February 19, 2015
“When I was a kid…”, or Why Your Childhood Doesn’t Mean Much to the Matter At Hand
When I was a kid, my father would say, “When I was a kid…” and I’d roll my eyes, sigh, and be the snot that I was. I often reminded him that it was The Eighties, which is just about how I thought of them, capital- and italicized. I blame bad sitcoms and teen movies […]
February 8, 2015
The Sound of the Scythe, or Harlan Ellison Eviscerates Me Again
It doesn’t take much work to know that I love Harlan Ellison’s work, and that I think the man himself is pretty keen, too. Even a new reader of my blog/website will know fairly quickly. So this Christmas was a pretty good one considering I got two of his books as gifts. One was the […]
January 18, 2015
CAAACK! CROPFF! COOOOOOP!, or How Things Are Going with the Superflu Raging Through My Household
I may be exaggerating a bit. I don’t know that’s it’s a regular flu, never mind a superflu, but I know that we’ve all been sick since roughly 1971. The two-year-old began with a runny nose last Saturday (January 10th, for those keeping records)(and if you’re keeping records, just stop. That’s creepy). Then she had […]
January 2, 2015
We’ve Arrived to Our Generation’s Future, or The Obligatory Blogger’s 1st Post of 2015
So I didn’t do an end-of-the-year review for 2014, or one of those lame-ass Facebook “This was my pretend year” thingamijigs, but I’m here to post my First! Post! Of! 2015! post. Sure, it’s a day later than most bloggers, but if you follow my blog (and thank you if you do. Thank you even […]
December 28, 2014
We Are a Part of the Procrasti Nation, or Gearing Up to Work on Draft 3
Like a mother about to give birth, writers–and probably��all creative types–tend to find a billion things to do before sitting down to work. I know this because of interviews with writers I’ve seen and read, books and articles about writing by writers both little- and well-known, and other blog posts I’ve read from other writers, […]
December 20, 2014
A Sigh of Relief…& Now Back to Work, or The Beginning of My Vacation Marks the End of My Vacation
As I stated a few posts back (or my last non-Batman post), I finished the second draft of my novel back in October (the 18th, if you’re keeping track). Since then I’ve worked on a short story, the final Batman essays, and other assorted small things. Mostly, I’ve been doing grades, relaxing, and trying figure […]
December 6, 2014
From Gotham to Gautham: An Afterword
For 75 years, Batman has thrilled audiences. His story appeals to many children, teens, and adults because he is the outsider who relishes his role as the outsider and has worked himself to be the best at everything so he can help people. He began as the dark vigilante of the night in the 1930s […]
