At OsFest 5 I had the good fortune to be involved with a panel called “Plot in an Hour.” Guy De Marco, Peter J. Wacks and I guided our audience through creating a science fiction novel plot, and had it done in an hour. I have to admit, it was some of the most fun […]
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I’ve met a plethora (yes, I said plethora) of writers and authors over the past two years, and from every level of the craft both in skill and career level. I’ll tell you the one constant for pretty much all of them: writers groups. Writing is, for the most part, a solitary craft. We write
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One day of the convention has passed by. We pulled in at about 2:15 after an 8-hour drive from Denver to Omaha, Nebraska for OsFest5. Special thanks go out to Guy De Marco and his lovely wife T. L. De Marco for putting pretty much all of this even together for Peter J. Wacks and me. Last
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I’ve been talking about it for some time now, but the truth is I hadn’t actually been able to focus on it since around the end of May. It’s funny, as a writer and a day-gig-go-getter and a self-promoter and a home-owner and a part-time political activist and a gamer and a short fiction writer
I’m a writer, so digital files are my meat ‘n taters. I access my writing and work files from a laptop, a personal workstation, and a couple of servers at my day gig. Rather than carrying a thumb drive with me that has everything, I use a service called DropBox. Now, this may sound like
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For each dawn is the curtain rising on yet another new mystery. Assume nothing, for no one knows the future, regardless of what you’ve been told. However, on the outside chance you can see the future, gimme a call. There are a few dog tracks I’d like to take you too. I’ll buy you lunch
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A sunny and cloudy Sunday afternoon with gray skies and soothing gaps of blue. The occasional thunderclap rolls down upon us from the heavens, and my back porch—my sanctuary—is as comfortable as you can imagine. Dubstep feeds into my brain through headphones, a breeze dances over my skin, and the air is warm. I’m wrapping
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So this morning I focused pretty intently upon documentation for my patron of the arts. I’ve been wrapping up some iOS-based Work Management software. What can I say? When I quit IT, I never quite quit IT. It’s like the mafia… just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in. Anyway, as
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