What Is This?

So, I haven’t blogged at all this month. (The one post I’ve made from August 2011 was one written up by author friend Tristi Pinkston to promote her wonderful new book.) Life has been busy. First, the month of July was met with my wife’s family reunion and joining my dad, his wife, and my [...]

Editing vs Revising

Maybe I should start a ‘match-up’ category since I like to pit to things against each other. Nah, I’m too lazy for that. Plus, I’m sick thanks to my son who learned how to share his cold. Yay! Anyway, there has been a question as to the difference between editing and revising. I’ve been stating [...]

Writing On the Go

Last Saturday, I had some great wisdom imparted on me from the ever awesome Elana Johnson. What is that wisdom? That I’m writing right. (Like I really need other people to affirm this, but it’s usually nice ) What do I mean by this? Well, Elana taught on the topic “Writing Without Outlining”. Now, I’m [...]

NaNoWriMo

Ah, NaNoWrimo. Let me tell you the history of NaNoWriMo as it relates to me. Because, honestly, that’s why you’re here, to read more about me, right? First: NaNoWriMo is the short-name of National Novel Writing Month. Go to NaNoWriMo.org to learn more. (Yes, I advertise on my blog, didn’t you know that? If only [...]

Writing Process

It’s amazing when you write something just because you need to write something or your brain is going to explode. If you’re not a writer, I’m sorry, but this is the way we as a culture feel. Sometimes, you just need to do something different so your creative juices don’t go dry. Well, once upon [...]

Murder, She Wrote

Netflix is an awesome tool to watch forgotten movies and decent tv shows. My wife and I enjoyed watching the first three seasons of Newsradio through our Wii thanks to Netflix. We love that Coach is available. It’s nice for my daughter to watch those annoying shows. (Sidenote: I was the youngest in my family. [...]

Let the Character Speak

So I got to go to lunch with some Author Incognito friends. Note: I”m not gonna refer to them “peeps” for two reasons. 1: It’s too trendy. I try to avoid trendy as much as I can. 2: I think it’s a lame word. Note #2: If I ever use the word peeps to refer [...]