Yesterday, I met with my Off The Wall compatriots for the first time in nearly three months. After the launch of Into the Woods, summer scattered us to cottages and holidays. We came back together to get a handle on our anthology, and to plan another one. Yes, we will have another. This time we … Continue reading Off The Wall News and What’s Coming Next
Tag: Writing Process
The Road to National Novel Writing Month Brick By Brick
No sooner will Canadian Library Month finish, National Novel Writing Month will start. For the month of November I will take the month off from blogging. However, keep an eye on my Twitter feed as I will resurface to give some sort of word count. I discovered my limits, and it's time to put some … Continue reading The Road to National Novel Writing Month Brick By Brick
I Unknowingly Taking a Page From George R.R. Martin’s Playbook
While browsing a Best Buy flyer a little while ago, I came upon a good deal for a white, 14 inch Toshiba laptop with Windows 8. I already have a 15 inch, with Windows XP, purchased in 2009. I actually paid to downgrade to XP as Vista still had bugs at the time. I meant … Continue reading I Unknowingly Taking a Page From George R.R. Martin’s Playbook
And Now A Word About Building a Better (Fictional) World
At last year's C4 Literary Conference, I learned a lot about building worlds from Kelley Armstrong, author of the Women of the Underworld series. (One of the books, Bitten, will début as a television show for Space.) Although set in 'our world', she still had to set some rules for her supernatural protagonists. Her werewolves … Continue reading And Now A Word About Building a Better (Fictional) World
A Post About Nothing In Particular
I sit in my air-conditioned condo with only a light on in the kitchen, while the sun supplied the rest. It's quiet, not even a TV program on, it's the perfect end to a pretty good long weekend. In fact it's a good end to a so-so sort of week. It started with my condo, … Continue reading A Post About Nothing In Particular
Keep Plugging Away
In Word 2007 and 2010, there is an option to publish a post as a blog entry. I wrote a book talk on Suzanne Collins' last two novels in 'The Hunger Games' long ago. How long? Try January 30th. I polished it up and still will have a look tomorrow, but my big problem was … Continue reading Keep Plugging Away
Unpaused Life 