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A Steampunk Looks at Nerds
Yeah, I know what you're thinking. There's a whole subset of society consisting of, well, most of you, who believe that "steampunk" is just another word for "nerd." I'll get to you shortly....
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Fading Away?
October 7th was my 67th birthday. On that date, I posted the following article on my group, Scribblers' Den, under the title Fading Away... It was Douglas MacArthur who told us that...
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Questioning the Master
For my birthday last year, which makes it 51 weeks ago, I received a giant tome titled Seven Novels by Jules Verne. In the year since, I have slogged through Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863),...
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The Best Laid Plans . . .
First things first: I owe a great apology to the beta readers whose time I wasted, among other sins, on a book that just evaporated on me. I will name them and beg their forgiveness at the...
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An Unsubstantiated Chamber
"A good science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened without its science content." ~ Theodore...
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"I'm not a big believer in disciplined writers. What does discipline mean? The writer who forces himself to sit down and write for seven hours every day might be wasting those seven hours if he's not...
View ArticleDecisions are for those who have already decided
"It makes me so uncomfortable for them. If they're talking about a plot idea, I feel the idea is probably going to evaporate. I want to almost physically reach over and cover their mouths and say,...
View ArticleThe Art of the Do-over
"There is no such thing as good writing, there is only good rewriting." ~ Harry Shaw"Books are not written, they're rewritten."...
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A Friend in the Business
So as all of you know, probably my favorite haunt on the web for minute-to-minute interaction is Scribblers' Den, a writers' group formed under the umbrella of The Steampunk Empire. One...
View ArticleFinding Harmony
"What holds me is the writer's enthusiasm for his field." ~ William Zinsser With the help of friends and family, I believe I have come to a...
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An Unexpected Storm
[Sorry about that date; I posted this on the 8th] I'm not publicizing this post, because it's frankly embarrassing. If you found it, hats off to you! You will have observed that...
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28 Days
Just four weeks left in my Grand Experiment to determine whether I'm really going to continue to write, and once again, what I thought was settled has been stood on its ear. I have had this...
View ArticleThe Last Train to Elsewhere
It is shortly after 1:00 AM, Pacific Daylight Time, on Monday, June 27th. The significance? It is exactly five weeks until the end of the trial period I laid out for myself to test the...
View ArticleFive Weeks and Counting
Monday will mark five weeks until August 31st, the self-imposed period during which I am testing the idea of no longer being a writer. My friends, most of whom are writers themselves, have...
View ArticleOne Week In
Well, it's been a week since I started this not-a-writer experiment, and while I haven't been writing, I have been thinking about it. That's the purpose of the hiatus, right? What has been...
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End of the Ride?
Good evening. I had an entertaining conversation with Dearly Beloved this morning as I was getting ready to head out for work. I innocently asked what life might be like around the old...
View ArticleBy His Tools is the Craftsman Known
Craftsmen. Toss that word out, and people think of plumbers, carpenters, bakers, and mechanics. But writers are craftsmen, too, and our tools are anything we use to make our stories more...
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One Little Thing . . .
How is it that the little things have such an effect on us? How can some insignificant little thing, airy and light as a ping pong ball floating through space, find its way into your...
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The 7.7.7 Challenge
Good morning, lovelies! I hadn't planned to post for another week, but this is too good to pass up. I just hope I don't make myself late for work, but I seriously don't think I'm going to...
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Sixth One's the Charm?
Good morning, friends and visitors. I hope the day finds you well. It's been nine days since my last update, and it's likely to be nine more before I get a chance to return, so first and...
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