I do not refer to the Dallas Cowboys. My first reader, namely my wife, finished reading my VP short story last night. I sweated it out in another room while she read, and finally couldn’t take it any more. I walk into the next room and she’s done, the pages stacked neatly on the end [...]
Entries from October 2008
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments
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Ouch
October 11th, 2008 · No Comments
I’m rereading my VP critiques for the first time since I left VP. As a certain doctor from a certain campy scifi tv series used to say–Oh the pain… Sure, there are kind words in the critiques. And there are story elements that work. But man, the stuff that doesn’t work gets nailed to the [...]
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Fear is the Greatest Motivator
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments
…and I am afraid of not being able to write for a living. So I churn away on my VP story. It makes some degree of sense now, I’ve structured the sentences somewhat decently, and I like the main and supporting character. But still. Eh. I may have to let it breathe, despite my interest [...]
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VP XII Pictures
October 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments
Art not of my manufacture. Credit hermetic with these pictures. Odd seeing them out of their cages, n’est pas? Technorati Tags: viable paradise
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