Is Scrivener really awesome or am I a Luddite?
Many writers now are using the “powerful content-generation tool” called Scrivener to generate their powerful content. I don’t, but hearing about it has made me feel like I’m missing out … Continue reading
Follow the yellow brick road to self-publishing success!
Right on the heels of my introduction of Yesterday Road to the WordPress universe comes this item, via Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing. (I love Boing Boing, btw): “Survivorship bias: … Continue reading
Re: Yesterday Road/A Novel
Now that I’ve gotten my feet damp in the blogging pond, I’d better start thinking about how the hell I’m going to sell multiple copies of Yesterday Road. Everything I’ve … Continue reading
When we write fiction, we’re talking to people in the future
This hit me in a moment of warm clarity while I was soaking in our claw-foot tub last night. (It’s a good tub. Nice and deep. You sink in up … Continue reading
One month of What The Hell
Probably won’t be much action over the holiday weekend, so I thought I’d commemorate the first month of this blog by highlighting a few features that have been — ahem … Continue reading
Self-publishers and guerrilla marketing
I’ve already mentioned that I’m kind of queasy about the risks of self-publishing, the almost 24/7 promotion it takes to be successful (defined as you wish), the schmoozing, the social … Continue reading
Graham Greene is on to something
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and … Continue reading
Blitzer blitzed
Can’t help it. I love this. (Salon has since put up a nice little piece about the exchange.)
For amusement purposes only
Busy busy today, but I thought I’d share a recording of a typical day with my menagerie. (Done on GarageBand with loops and sound effects taken off the ‘nets.) And … Continue reading
Kurt Vonnegut makes it look easy
Man, this guy slays me. Not only is he a complete crack-up, but he distills things to an absurd level of simplicity that renders their mystery moot. What writer … Continue reading
WHAT THE HELL 