Best Writing Advice?

I’m feeling a little lonely here lately, so I thought I’d post something you all might want to comment on.  I’m interested in hearing what is the best writing advice you ever received?  It could be from a book, from the web, from critique, or from a teacher.  What advice have you been given in [...]

A Trip to the Zoo – Part 2

When we last left off, we were eating lunch at King’s Family Restaurant and my daughter had trashed the place, spreading her food all around her (for those who don’t know, my daughter is 13 months old). On with the story. Here is a link to Part 1.
3:00 PM – I make my [...]

Robert J Sawyer interviewed on Ficlets Blog

Yesterday John Scalzi posted an excellent interview with science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer on the Ficlets blog. Mr. Sawyer comes across as a very intelligent guy in the interview, offering up his thoughts about writing, science fiction as a genre, and Canadian vs. American writers. The part of the interview that really [...]

A Trip to the Zoo – Welcome to my World

 
This past Saturday my wife, daughter, and I traveled to the Pittsburgh Zoo to meet some friends. As you are about to read, it was quite the busy day. I thought I would our day with you, just to give you a glimpse into the like of the strugglingwriter.
6:00 AM – The [...]

Painting Complete and Two New Skills

Well, the painting yesterday went very well. My dad, my wife, and I patched and painted our front and back porches. It is truly amazing how much of a difference $22 in paint and a few hours of hard work (in the scorching hot sun) can do to make something look new again. [...]

Not Much From Me Today

You probably won’t be seeing much of me today (Monday).  I had a late night travel Sunday night and will be spending Monday painting various porches of my house with my Dad’s assistance.  Look for me on Tuesday definitely, though I will try to post more later in the day Monday. I hope you all [...]

Pic Of Harrison Ford on Set of Indy V

I just saw this at The Beat and had to share: Harrison Ford on the set of Indy V (Picture taken by Stephen Spielberg).  Just seeing a picture of Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones makes me smile and also makes the whole thing concrete in my mind.  They really are filming a fourth film!

Site News and a Baby Update

I doubt if you noticed the little counter in the sidebar on the right, but this blog hit the 20,000 page view mark yesterday. Yay me! Thank you all so much for stopping by here every day. It really does mean a lot to me. I doubt I would keep doing [...]

The Future of Autograph Signing

John Scalzi had an interesting blog post on the Ficlets Blog today about the LongPen, which is a device that allowed him to be in New York and sign autographs for people in Anaheim! We truly are living in the future.
The way the setup worked was that he sat in front of a monitor [...]

iPod Meme

I spent a few hours last night using a gift card to download some songs to my iPod. Looking back at what I now have on my iPod, I see some songs I’m a little embarrassed to admit, but also some songs that rock. I thought what I have there might make an interesting [...]