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I've been noticing that a lot of writers I talk to all seem to have the same hurdle: They have a hard time selling their work to others. Now, on the one hand, this makes perfect sense to me. I have a difficult time summarizing my books or telling people in casual conversation what they're about. But that's more about Read more
I have been doing quite a bit of research while writing this current book. I've read books about everything from sewing to Ancient Rome. Most recently I finished off a brief history of Romania. You would think that I would be getting more confident in my ability to portray these concepts in my fiction. However, an odd Read more
I've noticed recently that I mention the phrase "Critical Mass" a lot when I discuss marketing. Actually, I mention it a lot and thousands of other people mention it a lot as well. The other day I was giving this phrase some thought and decided that a few words on its origin and what it means to me are in order. So, Read more
Yesterday I started a new scene in Book 3. It wasn't a natural continuation of any scene before it, it was an abrupt shift introducing a new character in a new setting who will, in a few more scenes, be engulfed by the main story line. I managed to write this new character's name down, then a sentence or two after that. Read more
I am currently writing the story of Gregor. This tale contains nothing about when he was a human; it focuses on the hinted-at-story of how he tried to strike out on his own in the world of testers. This is touched on here and there in the first two books, something about how his work became such an integral part of the Read more
Winters in New York are difficult. We are a walking city and when you have avenues that are miles long, the wind can whip down them at horrible speeds. Overcoats and hats and gloves can feel like they're made of lace when you turn a corner and hit a negative twenty degree windchill. Going out is curtailed. People's faces Read more
I went to get my haircut today. This is not a process I have ever enjoyed on any level. I have a weird, misshapen, alien head and if the hair on top of it is cut incorrectly I look like Shrek. I used to go to a Korean lady downtown who I stumbled onto years ago for my haircuts. I literally walked into the closest place to Read more
I love it when the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament hits every March. Mainly because I love filling out brackets. Generally speaking, I am quite awful at filling them out. I know nothing at all about college basketball and I tend to base my picks on a mixture of whether or not I like the mascot and how funny I think a Read more
This past weekend was Saint Patrick's' Day. This is a day that isn't really celebrated in Ireland, I'm told, but here in America it has become synonymous with wearing green and drinking Guinness and corned beef and drinking. It's like a celebration of Irish stereotypes, which is fun because I like Guinness and corned Read more
If you Google journaling, as I just did because auto-correct insists it is not a word, you come up with tons of sites discussing how much journaling can help your inner peace. How, exactly, it helps one's inner peace is a little up in the air. I only skimmed the search results, but I'm not sure I found anything I'd Read more
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