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July 15, 2009
I Should Be Writing- the PDF
In the feed you will find the first document in a series I'm releasing called, strangely enough, I Should Be Writing. You will get periodic files from me expounding on what I talk about on the show. It will probably be enough to eventually release as an ebook, but for now you'll get it in free PDF form.
In this PDF:
Intro- my writing past.
Chapter 1- It's OK to suck
Interlude: Excuses 1
This is released under a CC BY-NC-SA license. Please feel free to print, distribute, even change as long as yo
July 14, 2009
Personal Effects Downloads!
Personal Effects: Dark Art
Download JC Hutchins' Personal Effects Party Pack: A PDF with party ideas to further enhance the awesomeness of Personal Effects: Dark Art.
While you're at it, download the first four chapters of the book (in the feed), get the first episode of Personal Effects: Sword of Blood, or enter to win the actual Sword of Blood, a collaboration between Matt Wallace and JC!
ISBW #122 Antagonists / JC Hutchins Interview
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July 13, 2009
Links and stuff. Pants. You know.
Pants report- not much pants on the weekend, spent time in sweatpants doing yardwork or being lazy with the family. It's a weekend. I did pants up to go to a party, though. But today, I got up early to finish a freelance project, then worked out, then PANTS before noon.
Writing report- around 4000 words on a freelance project over the weekend and today.
Links links links! I'm too freaked with deadlines to make a big blog post, but these people have a lot to talk about:
Good writing skills are taughJuly 9, 2009
Calling myself out
My husband is sick.
My house is a mess.
My power is out.
My Internet is out.
I'm angry.
I'm tired.
I've already written something else today.
I need more than the 15 min I have to get into the story.
I have to go pick up the kid from camp.
I have a headache.
I have errands to run.
These are the reasons I haven't written as much as I wanted to this week. They're all true.
And they're all bull****.
Other people's deadlines. Pants report.
I was talking to a good friend of mine today who is a personal coach. I don't employ her officially but I know when we get talking about career, I do trust her opinions. We talked about my difficulty in focusing, and she asked me if I had a time in the past when I focused well, and what made that happen. That was easy.
Other people's deadlines.
It's not just the promise of paying work, it's someone else counting on me. For example, I have a sponsor for ISBW now, but it's still tough to get on a r
ISBW Success Story- Phil Rossi's CRESCENT comes out today!
It always astonishes me that people get a lot out of my ramblings about writing, but Phil Rossi claims he was greatly influenced by ISBW. All I know is that a couple of years ago he went on to write the horror SF thriller CRESCENT. He then released it via podcast, and then it got picked up by Dragon Moon Press for release TODAY. Rossi is doing what I did with the launch of PFK last summer, which is asking everyone to buy the book on the same day, getting it more attention. Us small press types n
July 6, 2009
ISBW #121 – PANTS! / Laura Mixon Interview
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More excuses and then some goals
Starting around midweek last week, the house went to hell. The fish is already sick (dropsy, I think, but she's not responding to any treatment), and the ten year old dog is showing signs of exhaustion after spending over a week with a puppy. The Pink Tornado got sick with strep throat, and Jim got a cold/sinus infection. So I got to use one of the best excuses for not writing:
I can't write, I am taking care of a sick family.
So yeah, that held me back a bit – but today I have to start writing ag
