Halo: The Kilo-Five Trilogy
By most accounts, Staffan Sentzke is at least slightly unhinged. A member of an independent government of a distant colony planet, he, like most of his associates, fears that Earth …
Why is a Compost Heap Good for Your Garden and Your Book?
It’s amazing how two seemingly different things can have a lot in common. Take writing a novel and gardening, for example. One involves sitting in front of a computer in …
What’s Stopping Me From Writing My Dream Novel?
You know, I think I’m going to wind up with a few more posts in the “stressing” category in the next little while, especially as I talk about the writing …
How Do You Treat Projects With Respect?
Projects. I’m terrified of them. I have been since not long after we moved to Australia, when I was first introduced to projects in primary school. I wish I hadn’t …
What Deadlines Have You Set On Your Dreams?
I’ve been with my wife Vickie for eleven years, married to her for eight of those. Yet I still have a hard time talking with her about what I’m doing. …
NaNoWriMo 2012: Oh, all right. I give in.
From the new blog’s about page: I’ve participated in NaNoWriMo, the annual (inter)National Novel Writing Month, for two years running, and am currently undertaking my third tilt. This blog is my way …
If I Were Doing NaNoWriMo 2012…
I’m not, by the way. Too much on. But supposing I were… (Yes, this is what I was hinting at back then.) Whaddya reckon? NaNo 2013?
Is Glasslands As Good A Start To A Halo Trilogy As Cryptum?
I think you folks who read this blog have already seen enough posts about me carping on over the Eric Nylund / William C. Dietz Halo novels, so I’m not …
How Can A Good Villain Make You Write… Or Die?
Last week, I picked up the reins on Slamdance again. I opened up the private wiki I maintain (using a program called TiddlyWiki) and began crafintg an outline. It’s probably …
Why The Hunger Games Is A Damned Good Spy Thriller
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins My rating: 4 of 5 stars I don’t think I can see The Hunger Games movie. Not because I didn’t like the book or …