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Banned Books Week
(Image from 2008, sorry) Honestly, I can’t say it any better than my friend EJ: Banned Books Week If you plan on buying or reading a book this week, make it one of the ones on the list. Don’t let a minority few decide what…
Critiques of 'The Courier'
I sent out my last novel to a wide range of readers for critique. My writing group of 2 (myself and Sherry) was a bit too small of a cross-section to get good feedback. Sherry was the only one to read the first draft, but…
Keycon 2010
Keycon 2010 is over. Three days of interesting fandom, meeting old friends, making new ones, and being Patient ‘0’. Canvention (the Prix Aurora Awards) was part of Keycon this year, which usually means a fabulous writers track. Things went a little wrong, and many of…
WordStar – My Choice in WordProcessors
UPDATE: GO HERE Update here, and here I was introduced to WordStar many, many moons ago. I built myself a Ferguson BigBoard CP/M based computer (the system came with a board and parts. I had to buy my own soldering iron), bought a Hazeltine 1400 Hazeltine…
Revisions
I’m currently revising my fourth novel… one that I actually think may be good enough to send out. Doing revision is tough for me. I prefer the feel of getting the first draft done. Taking my outline and getting all of the raw thoughts onto…