Dan
The Insanity of Querying
Howdy, Lately, I've been enthralled by my current WIP. It is still going well. I continue to be super pleased with my progress. For the...
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Dan
Dec 10, 20191 min read
The Writing Parent
Howdy, I write this during my final hours of single fatherhood. In the wee hours of tomorrow morning, my wife will return from a...
Dan
Dec 1, 20191 min read
NaNoWriMo 2019
Howdy, How did your NaNoWriMo go? Mine went swimmingly, thank you very much. As I've mentioned before, I didn't try to do anything crazy...
Dan
Nov 27, 20191 min read
The Tribulations of Querying
Howdy, Happy Turkey Day Eve! Is there anything worse than trying to market your manuscript to agents and editors, etc.? Probably not....
Dan
Nov 21, 20192 min read
November Update
Howdy, As NaNoWriMo passes its midpoint, I continue to be pleased with my progress on my YA WIP. So far in November, I’ve knocked out 8...
Dan
Nov 14, 20191 min read
Stolen Elections and School Shootings
Howdy, All the wild news from the impeachment hearings to the latest school shooting has reminded me of a sci-fi short story called War...
Dan
Nov 2, 20192 min read
YA WIP November 2019 Progress Report
Howdy, Another November rolls around, another month of NaNoWriMo. Several people from my writing group are participating this year. I’m...
Dan
Oct 27, 20191 min read
Story Publication – Isolation Anthology
Howdy, Just in time for Halloween, Second Date, my first horror short story, is out in the Isolation Anthology from Fantasia Divinity...
Dan
Sep 30, 20191 min read
YA WIP Progress Report
Howdy, I'm super pleased with my writing progress this September. I wrote approximately 20,000 words. 20,000! That's quite a bit for me....
Dan
Sep 18, 20191 min read
Writing Projects
Howdy, Right now, it feels like I have tons of iron in the writing fire. My new YA WIP proceeds at breakneck speed, which is totally...
Dan
Sep 10, 20191 min read
Going too well? Part II
Howdy, Well, it feels like it’s been a few weeks since I’ve written a post. I guess it has been, my last blog entry was on August 25th....
Dan
Aug 25, 20191 min read
Going too well?
Howdy, Planning for my new novel-length WIP is going great with a capital G. I mean really fantastic. Fast, smooth, no hiccups. That...
Dan
Aug 20, 20191 min read
Willamette Writers Conference in-depth: Tex Thompson
Howdy, This is the first of a little bit more in-depth writeup of my time at the Willamette Writers Conference. I’ll start off with...
Dan
Aug 16, 20191 min read
Story Published
Howdy, Received some nice news today. I just had my sci-fi short story, The Trial, published over at Ansible. Pretty exciting. As is...
Dan
Aug 11, 20192 min read
Willamette Writers Conference Overview
Howdy, This is the first of what will likely be several posts about the Willamette Writers Conference. This year’s conference (2019) is...
Dan
Aug 5, 20191 min read
Story Acceptance
Howdy, I’ve had one hell of a great writing weekend. The Willamette Writers Conference over the weekend was perhaps the best one I’ve...
Dan
Aug 2, 20191 min read
Writer’s Conference Time
Howdy, Well, I’m going to be a busy bee this weekend. Willamette Writers Conference. This won’t be my first rodeo, but I haven’t been to...
Dan
Jul 27, 20192 min read
My Next WIP
Howdy, It wasn’t that long ago I said I had officially started my new WIP. Well, there’s some good news bad news on that. I had started...
Dan
Jul 25, 20192 min read
Apollo 11
Howdy, You’d have to be living totally off the grid not to have caught wind of all the hoopla surrounding the 50th anniversary of the...
Dan
Jul 16, 20191 min read
That Darn Synopsis
Howdy, Lately, I’ve made some excellent progress on improving my novel’s synopsis. No secret. Just revise, revise, and revise some more....
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