Just a quick one today, folks. It’s actually something I need to work on: the speed at which I write. Cold Streets is still making very slow progress, and I’m wondering if part of that is due to having other writerly projects taking up my brain. So, in the name of experimentation, this weekend I… Continue reading Writer Report: Get The Lead Out
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Writer Report: Moving Right Along
Forgetting the charging unit for my MacBook (required for the dayjob) turned out to be a blessing in disguise when we were in Canada. I’d also packed my Moleskines, and the red one got a lot of use from me. I’m not entirely sure where or how the motivation hit me, but one day up… Continue reading Writer Report: Moving Right Along
Writer Report: Back On Track
I’m still not writing as much as I would like in a sitting, but I’m writing more and it’s consistent in that it’s happening every day, now. Cold Streets is back on the front burner and bubbling away nicely. I know I will have to go back and do a bunch of editing and rewriting.… Continue reading Writer Report: Back On Track
Writer Report: One Thousand
This marks the one thousandth post on my blog. I really don’t know if this should be a big deal, or not. On the one hand, a thousand is a LOT. It means that, for almost three years off and on, I’ve been blathering my thoughts out into the nothingness of the Internet. Occasionally, this… Continue reading Writer Report: One Thousand
Writer Report: Don't Forget To Be Awesome
Rather than bore you with my usual drivel on how Cold Streets is moving forward at a pretty good pace for a glacier and making all sorts of excuses, here’s John Green discussing the whys and wherefores of people reading in the first place. CrashCourse is a phenomenal series and if you’re not watching it… Continue reading Writer Report: Don't Forget To Be Awesome
Writer Report: The Inevitable Grind
As we recover from the recent stress of moving, the dayjob workload ramps up, and everything else competes for what attention I have left, it can be difficult to keep in mind that writing can and should be the foremost area of my interests. I don’t attend university for 4 years to design advertisements, after… Continue reading Writer Report: The Inevitable Grind
Writer Report: Forward Motion
Preparations for the move are ramping up. Q4 is looming on the horizon at the dayjob. I have a dozen things to do between now and next weekend, and smack dab in the middle of all of that is jury duty. Compared to these things, progress on Cold Streets feels absolutely glacial. There is progress,… Continue reading Writer Report: Forward Motion
Writer Report: Busy Busy Bee
Let’s take a quick look at where things stand in various non-dayjob areas right now. Cold Streets I’m beginning to think my “end of 2012” prediction for this novella might have been too ambitious. That, or I simply need to make more time to write. I have the outline laid out and a decent handle… Continue reading Writer Report: Busy Busy Bee
Writer Report: Back in the Saddle
The last couple weeks have been brutal. Burning midnight oil. Working on the weekends. Generally busting my ass. And none of it while working on Cold Streets. It’s been all about the dayjob. On one level, I don’t mind so much. I’ve been there a year, and it remains a vital and worthwhile place to… Continue reading Writer Report: Back in the Saddle
Writer Report: Bring On The Bad Guy
I’m a sucker for a good villain. By ‘good’ I don’t just mean extravagant malevolence. Ming the Merciless is a fun character, but he doesn’t have a lot of depth to him. Remember, villains are people too. They have backgrounds, motivations, allegiances, and secrets just like anybody else does. Leave that out of your story… Continue reading Writer Report: Bring On The Bad Guy
