Yesterday I printed out loose stack of 346 pages, and this morning I bought some 2-inch binder clips that turned it into a galley copy of Extreme Makeover, one of the two books I’m edging towards publication. I needed to read it, aloud, to scare out some of the minor glitches that were sure to… Continue reading Guerrilla Book Reading
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MidSouthCon Reading
I’ve signed up for the Darrell Awards Reading Hour. It looks like there will be at least five people and six stories represented. If this is indeed an hour long, I’m looking at ten minutes or less. Now what snippet should I read from the novel — the most exciting or the most thoughtful? Naw.… Continue reading MidSouthCon Reading
In the Moment
I have a tough scene to write, and it’s coming hard. That’s why my fingers betrayed me and I’m over here in the blog compose screen, instead of crafting intense, deathless prose. Sitting here at the table in the RV, I’m watching the snowflakes come down. The towering peaks are lost in the white out,… Continue reading In the Moment