Boy, that Noah worked his butt off in 40 days of rain. And Jesus wandered around for 40 days being tempted and stuff. Christians fast for 40 days during Lent. Moses was on the mountain for 40 days. 40 sure is an important number for Christians, and indeed, cycles of 40 days are important to more »
General stuff Fridays:
And again we have a promo for a podcast that doesn’t exist! This week: MIMECAST!
LIVE from Balticon 42!
With special guests Sudden Death (also of Manic Mondays, one of my favorite podcasts) and Rob Balder from The FuMP and lots of live Twitter commentary. Matt Wallace reads more Silver Bullet facts.
Scenes Thursdays:
(Some of this is true.)
I never take into account how much that can go wrong in the block I walk to pick up my child from the bus stop. I always try to remember to take with me: my dog, a weapon, a camera, and my phone. When I forget these things, more »
MacGuffin Wednesdays:
I love quests for the magical blade. I know it’s tired and I know it’s cliche, but I have a firm belief that cliches can always be reawakened and viewed from a different angle. How about if the metal from Excalibur was recast as a chef’s knife, a pocket knife, and the metal more »
So yeah, I haven’t done a con report in a while. I sometimes feel they’re boring when I read them, so I don’t want to bore anyone else.
But this con was amazing and I need to chronicle it. And since I don’t write in my journal anymore cause I’m a) lazy and b) my more »
hah! I’m caught up.
Settings Tuesdays:
Robin Williams once quoted that he wished porno had better dialogue – they needed better writers. “Cmon you stallion you know you’re the best… sigh…” should become “Martha, I will part you like the Red Sea!”
In that mindset I don’t know why we can’t merge strong writing with more »
Character Sketches Mondays:
Balticon update soon. For now we have:
In the world of alternate history- Charles (Chas) Huggins was the last of a rare breed of editors – the common sense fantasy editor. Upon receiving the manuscript for The Lord of the Rings, the young editor rejected it with a curt, “Why didn’t they more »
Anything goes Sundays:
This past weekend at Balticon made me think a lot about my writing, my range, etc. Not going anywhere with this, yet, just sayin.
But I thought a lot on the drive home about the unreliable narrator, and started thinking about a girl who convinces herself she’s a mythical creature. Not on more »
Pie week concludes! Will be doing a Balticon report shortly. If you want a sneak peek, the con is awesome.
First sentence Saturdays:
Pie is not the best hangover cure, but whenever someone offers you a choice between pie and alka seltzer, you choose pie – even if you know you’ll regret it later, which more »
Categories
The Latest from I Should Be Writing- SNOWDEN February 6, 2012
- Scrivener review! February 3, 2012
- Fun website stuff February 1, 2012
- A different writing challenge January 31, 2012
- ISBW Special #46 – Stonecoast Writer’s Residency January 30, 2012
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