Tag: yippee
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Exploring the Subgenre
An agent asked me at the end of last year, “Do you have any sword and sorcery?” I love sword and sorcery. Okay, I love Conan. I have extolled the greatness that is He-Man and Thundarr the Barbarian here before and they’re both just rip-offs of Conan. If you say sword and sorcery, I think…
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On Beta Reading
I have finished the second draft of my middle grade fantasy, PRINCE OF CATS. To make sure I’m reaching my target readership appropriately, I have enlisted many of my nieces and nephews (and a few friends who are of the appropriate age) to read the draft and give me feedback. Now, since most of them…
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Things I Like Other than Writing
I finished my rewrite, began PRINCE OF CATS (which is going awesomely–beyond awesomely really, I’m flying), and the summer crush is over. Obviously you can tell that because I’m blogging, thus my hours are not filled with making content to educate the next generation of politicians who will hopefully ben an improvement over our current…
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F*cking Ponies!
I’m almost over the summer hump and will return to a normal blogging schedule after. Until then, behold this little piece of awesome:
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Ooooo *shivers* Do it again!
I just had one of those moments. I love those moments. Back in the day, the reason I never finished anything was because I tried to plot things out. I might get a ways into it. I tried to get a feel for it and then write an outline, but I was convinced I couldn’t…
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A Tree is Just a Tree
Way back when, I meant to pursue a career in the United States military. At first I thought the navy and then found my place with the army. I was in an ROTC program, but because I had not started from the beginning, I was required to go to Camp Challenge (or basic camp). It’s…
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GOO! (Re: Fraggle Rock)
I was cycling through the new offerings on Netflix for instant streaming. They just closed a lot of big deals and there is a lot of new content. And what do I find? Fraggle Rock. Not just a few episodes, oh no. ALL OF IT. ALL. OF. IT!!!! This almost makes up for the time…
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GOO! (RE: He-Man)
I often site the original He-Man mini-comics that came with the toys as one of the largest influences of my writing career. It’s very true. I was five when I was allowed to buy my first He-Man figure and those comics stirred a creativity in me that I had never known before. …AND NOW THEY’RE…
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Could It Be Any Clearer
Pearson, Inc is the parent company that owns Penguin and Pearson Education. They are the world leaders in trade and educational publishing, respectively. It also owns the Financial Times, Dorling Kindersley, and other ventures. Their 2010 numbers were just released. One point in particular is of relevance to people like you and me: Last year…