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As of last night, I’m a little over 2,100 words into the story that I’m writing for Short Story Writing Month. The story, if you’re curious, is called The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, but beyond that, you’ll have to wait. If you think that you might want to try your hand at it, it’s not too late. The rough draft phase lasts until the 8th, which is plenty of time to write a short story, so head over and sign up.

Also, with ShoStoWriMo going on, I probably won’t get a whole lot done this month, so if things are quiet here, you know the reason.

As of last night, I'm a little over 2,100 words into the story that I'm writing for Short Story Writing Month. The story, if you're curious, is called The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved, but beyond that, you'll have to wait. If you think that you might want to try your hand at it, ...

It’s almost here! In the US at least, May is National Short Story Month, and what better way to celebrate it than to write one? Last year I declared May to be Short Story Writing Month (ShoStoWriMo), kind of like a relaxed NaNoWriMo where you write a short story (between 1,000 and 10,000 words) in a week and then spend the rest of the month giving feedback to others who did the same and revising your story with help from their feedback.

Last year it went quite well, with a number of good stories coming out of it, and this year I’d like it to be even better, so you should go and sign up! It’s open to everyone and quite a bit of fun.

In other, more personal news, things have been going well here. I have a Horizon story that needs some work but that will probably be ready sometime in May, and a Broken Shores story that will be ready sometime after that. In any case, I’ll keep you up to date on everything as it happens.

It's almost here! In the US at least, May is National Short Story Month, and what better way to celebrate it than to write one? Last year I declared May to be Short Story Writing Month (ShoStoWriMo), kind of like a relaxed NaNoWriMo where you write a short story (between 1,000 and 10,000 words) ...

It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I’m still trying to figure out an efficient way on tracking the articles that I read, which is part of the reason for there not being a new Weekly Reading post last week (but I am planning on doing one this Friday). I think that I’m going to try creating a dedicated mailbox and just sending a link to everything to it, but if you have any ideas, let me know. In other news, I’ve decided that I’m going to try and do without Google Docs, as I don’t really like the direction the company is heading, so I’ve set up a private wiki to use for writing. So far it’s going well, but I’ll have more to say about it in a week or two.

It's been a busy couple of weeks. I'm still trying to figure out an efficient way on tracking the articles that I read, which is part of the reason for there not being a new Weekly Reading post last week (but I am planning on doing one this Friday). I think that I'm going ...

If you’ve been wanting to read my short stories, The Press or Try Not To Panic, but haven’t wanted to shell out the $0.99, you should know that they are available for free this week from Smashwords (as part of their read an ebook week promotion a whole bunch of other stuff is discounted or free, too). Heck, even if you aren’t convinced you want to read them, you should snag them anyway, I think that you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Just use the code RE100 and you’ll be all set.

The Press

Try Not To Panic

Enjoy!

If you've been wanting to read my short stories, The Press or Try Not To Panic, but haven't wanted to shell out the $0.99, you should know that they are available for free this week from Smashwords (as part of their read an ebook week promotion a whole bunch of other stuff is discounted ...

I have finally posted the new Broken Shores story, The Forked Path, for your reading pleasure. It is the continuation of Danika’s story from The Root of All Things (although it should stand on its own). I’m quite happy with how it turned out, and think that you will be, too. Enjoy.

I have finally posted the new Broken Shores story, The Forked Path, for your reading pleasure. It is the continuation of Danika's story from The Root of All Things (although it should stand on its own). I'm quite happy with how it turned out, and think that you will be, too. Enjoy.

Today I’m spending my time on Broken Shores (which you should totally check out if you haven’t already, its a nontraditional fantasy, closer to Modesitt than Tolkien), which is sorely in need of some attention, so there won’t be too much going on here. I do plan on having a new Cover Design article for you either on Friday morning or sometime Tuesday. If you’re looking for something good to read, I’m reading Saladin Ahmed’s Throne of the Crescent Moon, which is interesting so far, and a welcome change from Western fantasy (the fact that one of the main characters is a chubby old guy is fantastic).

Today I'm spending my time on Broken Shores (which you should totally check out if you haven't already, its a nontraditional fantasy, closer to Modesitt than Tolkien), which is sorely in need of some attention, so there won't be too much going on here. I do plan on having a new Cover Design article ...

I’ve continued to work on revising Caldera, and am happy to say that I’m almost there. In other news, you may have noticed that I’ve added a link to my goodreads profile and swapped out the list of stories for image thumbnails. Unfortunately, you can’t see all of the stories listed in the sidebar, but it looks better (in my opinion) and you can still get at everything from the stories page. In other news, I’ve also been working on the ShoStoWriMo site, and have switched over to bbPress, which appears to be a better fit. You can feel free to register whenever you want, now, no authorization from me required.

In the next week, I hope to finish up my revisions of Caldera, as well as doing a second draft of The Forked Path. In addition, I plan on resuming work on Soapbox (and finally getting everything back to its pre-crash state), although probably at a reduced frequency.

I've continued to work on revising Caldera, and am happy to say that I'm almost there. In other news, you may have noticed that I've added a link to my goodreads profile and swapped out the list of stories for image thumbnails. Unfortunately, you can't see all of the stories listed in the sidebar, ...

I’ve been without power for most of the past six days, which has led to a predictable drop in productivity. I’m happy to report that the power is back on, and I hope to have the Broken Shores story that I’m working on finished by the end of the week. In other news, I’ve been thinking about the story that I wrote to submit to Machine of Death for Volume 2. They didn’t buy it, and although they mentioned something about possibly buying more of the submissions, they haven’t mentioned anything about it since. Since I’m the impatient type, I’ll probably post it here sometime soon, so keep an eye out for that.

I've been without power for most of the past six days, which has led to a predictable drop in productivity. I'm happy to report that the power is back on, and I hope to have the Broken Shores story that I'm working on finished by the end of the week. In other news, I've ...

Last fall, due to spam, I took the ShoStoWriMo forum offline, with the intention of bringing it back in 2012. I had been putting it off (probably until March), but I’ve started to see people trying to go to the nonexistent forum to register. Since I lost a lot in the Hostocalypse I’ve had to restart from scratch, but the bones are up. Currently, registration is by admin approval only, but if you really want to get in, register an account and put a comment here (by clicking on the post title, this is on my to-fix list, I assure you).

In any case, I give you the 2012 Short Story Writing Month forum!

Last fall, due to spam, I took the ShoStoWriMo forum offline, with the intention of bringing it back in 2012. I had been putting it off (probably until March), but I've started to see people trying to go to the nonexistent forum to register. Since I lost a lot in the Hostocalypse I've had ...

In December, I decided to take part of the Reddit Fantasy Writers December Writing Challenge (which was to start a short story with the line: “I guarantee you won’t find the same quality for a cheaper price,” the merchant insisted.). All was going well, I had an idea, and finished a first draft by the sixteenth, but then forgot all about it and missed the deadline for submission. In any case, I went ahead and revised it this morning and have posted it. It’s only about 1250 words, so it shouldn’t take long to read. Enjoy!

In other news, I hope to make some more progress on restoring this site tomorrow and Wednesday, focusing on redoing the sidebar and fixing the RSS links (I try to run everything through my feedburner feed). In addition, I plan on fixing the Soapbox page so that it once again has the complete story.

In December, I decided to take part of the Reddit Fantasy Writers December Writing Challenge (which was to start a short story with the line: "I guarantee you won't find the same quality for a cheaper price," the merchant insisted.). All was going well, I had an idea, and finished a first draft by the ...