I decided I needed a place to vent and/or to celebrate about writing. I'm a Wordsmith: stories, novels, poems, religious statements, political commentaries. I Post on writing: how to-venting-updates on my writing, and on anything I'm excited about. I will also be posting a story or three. And I review on books and /or writers I'm reading and anything else that might strike my fancy such as concerts I've been to, adventure dreams I recall etc..
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Nope
Just had the realization that JJA probably isn't taking his time deciding on my last story. It's in very bad shape so there's no reason for him to take his time.So he either didn't get it or deleted it for some reason. Maybe it got there too late even though it should be have made it where he is.
Monday, April 12, 2010
More on TEA party
Someone wants to crash the TEA Party groups to make them look bad. He called them fakes, racist, morons etc.. But the description he gives doesn't fit any group. and those that would join a TEA party group for any length of time will find that out.
Of course they are only morons because they want lower taxes, less government intrusion in their everyday lives and he wants all that. Other than that they come from many backgrounds.
Of course they are only morons because they want lower taxes, less government intrusion in their everyday lives and he wants all that. Other than that they come from many backgrounds.
Waiting
Both JJA at Way of wizard and the one of two people at F&SF seem to be taking their time. It's taking longer this time for both markets. Someone must be busy or have a day off or some such at F&SF. JJA is probably busy with a bunch of last minute manuscripts and his magazine.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Political post-wrong side is blamed
I try to keep these down to a minimum since this is a writing blog but at the same time I don't say Musings for no reason. I have stated that the water situation in the Central Valley of Calif. is bad mainly because of the overdoing of laws which the Democrats are responsible for they don't care how many people are hurt or out of work or traditions or how much of the US and the world we feed. All they care about is their dogma.
Anyway for today's post: It's bad out there the way the Democrat party and extreme leftists are trying to bad name the TEA party. The name means Taxed Enough Already and it fits with their main purpose. They are not racists or mean or violent.
They are the one that have videos showing the leftists doing things like throwing eggs at moving busses calling names etc not the other way around.
Louis
Anyway for today's post: It's bad out there the way the Democrat party and extreme leftists are trying to bad name the TEA party. The name means Taxed Enough Already and it fits with their main purpose. They are not racists or mean or violent.
They are the one that have videos showing the leftists doing things like throwing eggs at moving busses calling names etc not the other way around.
Louis
A book I like
I've been meaning to do more of these but I finally got to this.
I’m reading the second October Daye book by Seanan McCuire. Very good. The first book was nicely done and I think this one was written even better. And I don’t know if it was done on purpose or if it’s me but I think it’s less dark than the first one.
Seanan has set up an interesting world with the Fey being hidden from ordinary humans. Even though not in all cases for the are half fey running around all over the place and three fourths fey etc.
As I said this book seems to be less dark. One reason for that maybe that she isn’t dealing with fabian(?) type of half way houses for half fey. And her MC seems to be happier or at least not dealing with so much depressing stuff in her personal life.
But the opening reminds me of Murphy’s MC’s Walker. They just kinda dressed almost the same and going out clubbing. And as I was thinking about doing a very short down time, I felt like the McCuire’s writing resembled Murphy’s. Almost like Murphy Ghost wrote it or they went to the same writings school- read the writing same books or both writers are the same person. Which I kinda doubt, they both have the completely different web sites with personal histories etc.. It could be the same writing books because what I noticed were scenes and MC difficulties that could be in any book.
Louis
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
14 more stories
Fourteen more stories to go to reach 100. Not counting the Star Trek stories and a bunch of practice stories. 150 plus in that case.
But in either case I decided that's it. No sell or at least an almost sell and I will start putting my stories on a free site. Of course I will have to send out that 100th story a few times, probably six but maybe seven.
But in either case I decided that's it. No sell or at least an almost sell and I will start putting my stories on a free site. Of course I will have to send out that 100th story a few times, probably six but maybe seven.
Great post on improving your writing
http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/ Scroll down to the Myth Writers don't need practice post if need be
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Gotta work on one of my novels
I still need to decide for sure to work on my novels on certain days: like Monday nights and Friday afternoons and night.
The other day I was working through some ending scenes in my mind for my Storm Born novel-I might make that the Storm Born series but title the book something different like Self Blinded or He Can See Things or??- anyway I changed the ending I had in my mind. But the only problem is that I still haven't figured out how my MC survives three lighting strikes, almost as one. The way I made him that might be possible but I need to come up with something. He might get thrown across a large warehouse, with junk piled on top of him.
But the biggest problem is that I have just started chpt 2 and don't know how to get to the end.
And I still no sure if he should be an established PI or this is his first case-the one that gets him going. ANd I'm still not sure how he discovers the body the novel starts with.
And I still no sure if he should be an established PI or this is his first case-the one that gets him going. ANd I'm still not sure how he discovers the body the novel starts with.
Something different
This has nothing to do with writing but I noticed in Parade magazine- parade.com -that fly casting is becoming a popular sport. The guy in the magazine was dressed like a NASCAR driver because of all the names he advertised.
Amazing.
Amazing.
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