(WARNING: There's a lot of fucking swearing in this post.

( In real, everyday life...I swear. I swear a lot. )

Since posting my intentions last week I've received some queries from friends / random strangers (don't you love how blogs work?) asking me why I plan to self-publish first before even trying to get published the old fashioned way...which is submitting my works to various (fantasy) publishers and crossing my fingers that they want to make me the ( Read more... )

Well it's been about a month since I've come to Japan. The first two weeks were so intensely busy with training for my new job that there was absolutely no time to write / edit / etc! Not even on the short story I'm working on! Meh! Then two weeks ago I moved into my apartment and things have slowed down considerably, much to my blissful ( Read more... )

Hello all, pardon my absence once again, but I have good reason! You see, I am moving tomorrow, and not just across town, across state, or across country. For those who do not follow my personal sites, I am moving to Japan for a year or more to start my first post-grad job in teaching English. Yay money! Boo interrupting writing time ( Read more... )

Well, ladies and gentlefolk, today marks the day that after three and a half years, the first full draft of CROSS//Rebirth is complete. It's a mess, of course, because it's a first draft and needs to be edited, but I've uploaded it anyway for your amusement.

Typos everywhere.Oh, blood, sweat, and tears, how silly you look when compressed into ( Read more... )

I said a couple days ago that I would attend and report on the 16th Annual South Coast Writers Conference in Gold Beach, Oregon. Started the day late and got there just as the first session was starting (and I got lost, of course) but I still made everything aaaand took notes.

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Finally managed to put aside a couple minutes to announce that I'll be at the South Coast Writers Conference in Gold Beach this Saturday. I got the ticket as a Christmas present this past year and am fairly excited to go based on previous experiences there. I can't even remember what seminars I signed up for but I'll be sure to talk about them in ( Read more... )

"I'll read your books once they're published ( Read more... )

Being an anemic, I love irony. When I see irony I am filled with a dramatic, Socratic glee that would make those singing kids on TV cry because their lives aren't as awesome as mine is at that moment in time. Thus, I like it when irony occurs in my life...so long as it's, you know, awesome irony and not the shitty kind that makes me cry at night ( Read more... )