Interludes – Starving Artists
Yesterday, I did not write a single word. Saturday is one of my two days off and I normally use it as a day to catch up on everything. Project writing, Monday’s post, podcast writing, letters to various Agents, etc. …
Washed Up – Part 5
Changes are a constant when you’re trying to break into the writing scene. If you’re anything like me, you’ve got at least one job already, possibly two. You’ve got a family and all that entails. In short: you’re busy being…
Washed Up – Part 4
Here’s the skinny: I like fantasy and sci-fi equally. But you know what I love best? A solid fusion of the two. I’ve written about this before , and it ended up becoming what I try to shop around in an…
Washed Up – Part 3
I have a particular writing style. I’ve been writing for two years and change now, and I doubt I will modify it too significantly before all is said and done. However, I am trying to hone it, to polish it…
Washed Up – Part 2
Sometimes, the hardest part of writing is doing so when you don’t know where to take the story. With Washed Up, there’s not really any direction to go, so I will rely on one of the most crucial elements of…
Toxic Fandom Destroyed Star Wars
I need to start this piece with two separate announcements: For all of the years I can remember, I have been a fan of Star Wars. I have lived, eaten, and breathed a life in a galaxy far, far away…
The Off-Topic Tuesday / Thursday – Further Developments
Here’s the skinny: A writing career takes an enormous amount of time to create if you want it done right. Writing a full length novel is extraordinarily difficult, to say the least. And when you cross the finish line? Hardly…
Washed Up – Part 1
New site, new mindset, new direction. Some things don’t change however. So you’re stuck with me in these prefaces, writing the thoughts and moments as they occur to me. Recording events as they happen to and around me. The new…
The Unsheathed Quill – Manifesto
Whenever we start things, we list promises to ourselves. This time, we will stay on the diet. No exceptions. This house, we will clean things every day. It won’t become a mess, not ever. This year, I’m going to go…