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Blog postIt's up to you to decide whether this blog title refers to me or my writing.
The novel I referenced last year got off to an exceedingly slow start, but I seem to be over the initial hump and the words are coming easier now. I guess all writers have their strengths and weaknesses, but somewhere along my writing career I've become really focused on structure. Do the scenes tie together? Do they support the theme? Does the characterization work to support both the theme and the story -
Blog postAfter 15 years professionally writing RPGs and a handful of short stories, a few weeks ago I embarked on a new project-- my first novel. Given that I recently turned in my latest RPG book to my editors, this just seemed like the right time to tackle this particular bucket list item.
For this book I've been following the excellent advice found in 2,000 to 10,000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love. Specifically, even though I've been writing for two we -
Blog postI had a revelation earlier today. I joined 12 to Midnight and began writing and publishing RPGs professionally in 2003. That means this year marks 15 years as an RPG industry professional. I don’t think I can entirely wrap my brain around that.
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Blog postI’m of an age in which I can claim having seen all three original Star Wars films during their original theatrical runs. That also means I remember seeing the 1980s Flash Gordon in the theater as well. At the time I think we were all hoping for another Star Wars, but that’s not what came to the screen. (In hindsight, it was the other way around. Little did I know at the time that Star Wars was a Flash Gordon tale, sans Flash.)
“I use these for smuggling. I never thought I’d be sm -
Blog postMy 2017 convention schedule is firming up, so I’m sharing my schedule in case anyone is interested in meeting up and chatting about gaming, writing, or even credit card security (my other specialty).
PAX South (San Antonio) (Friday-Sunday) OwlCon (Houston) (Saturday only) ChupacabraCon (Austin) (Friday-Saturday) So far I don’t have any out of state convention trips scheduled. If you’re a convention organizer I’d love to hear from you. I love going to conventions, running gam -
Blog postLast night I was on the phone with a writing buddy and he shared with me how he had written 6,000 words that day, to finish up a 10,000 word chapter. I’d also been assigned a chapter in the same book, so I thought it would be interesting to share with you my writing habits by comparison.
Right off the bat I’ll say I’m in awe of anyone who can write 6,000 words a day. Even if I had all day to write with absolutely no distractions I’m pretty sure I couldn’t pull that off. I am much mo -
Blog postLast night I was on the phone with a writing buddy and he shared with me how he had written 6,000 words that day, to finish up a 10,000 word chapter. I’d also been assigned a chapter in the same book, so I thought it would be interesting to share with you my writing habits by comparison.
Right off the bat I’ll say I’m in awe of anyone who can write 6,000 words a day. Even if I had all day to write with absolutely no distractions I’m pretty sure I couldn’t pull that off. I am much more -
Blog postIn 2008 half the population embraced “Hope and Change” because both were in short supply. In the eight years that followed, hope withered and not all the change was for the better. With this year’s presidential election, half the population embraced the opposing party’s slogan, “Make America Great Again,” apparently blind to the irony that both slogans spoke to the same thing.
It’s past time we faced some difficult truths. The political machine desperately needs you to keep overl -
Blog postIf you read my post from last week about giving Scrivener another try, then first I congratulate you on being possibly the only person in the world still reading this blog.
Now that I’ve been using the software for week or two I really look back and wonder what the big deal was. This is not hard. Different? Yes. Hard? Not really. Granted, in the 9 months since I first tried it the software went through a version update. Maybe the UI was tweaked to make it more intuitive?
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Blog postI know I’m late to the game, but the movie Limitless bubbled to the top of my Netflix disc queue and I finally got a chance to watch it. (Confession time: the disc came sometime back in December and sat unwatched for two months.) The basic premise is that a loser gets access to a secret, designer drug that lets a person “use 100% of the brain instead of the usual 20%.” On the drug, he knocks out a brilliant novel then goes on to play the stock market and broker a multimillion dollar merger. P
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Blog postNearly a year ago I caught word in my social media circles that Scrivener download codes were on sale for only $20 at Amazon. For those not in the know, Scrivener is writing software. For years it had the reputation of being the go-to software for serious writers, but was only available for the Mac. Later that excuse was demolished with a Windows version but then the $40 price tag kept me from taking the plunge. After all, I’d been writing just fine with Word for many years. In fact, I found
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Blog postMedicare drug fraud is big business, milking millions of dollars from the system. If an independent news outlet can examine the data and identify suspicious prescribers, why can’t the government? Why doesn’t the government act?
‘Let the Crime Spree Begin’: How Fraud Flourishes in Medicare’s Drug Plan
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Blog postI keep FactCheck.org in my RSS feed as a reality check when it comes to political spin. They recently posted a “year in review” of the whoppers from both sides of the aisle. As you enter 2014, it might be worth a few minutes to look over the past year and remind yourself to take everything a politician says with a grain of salt.
http://www.factcheck.org/2013/12/whoppers-of-2013/
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Blog postL.A. teacher ratings: L.A. Times analysis rates teachers' ef
This article is controversial in the education policy community. The question of whether teachers should be evaluated on the test scores of their students is hotly debated, and the LA Times made public their own study of test scores & teacher effectiveness in the LA Unified School District, maybe the 1st time this type of info has been made public -
Blog postConfirmed: HOPA Dry Erase Girl Is A Hoax, Identity Revealed
Professional pranksters cook their biggest hoax yet.
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