I can't wait to see Priest, because I'm pretty sure that the movie's high-tech take on vampire fighting is very different from my post-apocalyptic novel where gunpowder is so scarce that people carry swords and cross bows as supplementary weapons.
It seems the Charlie Sheen school of publicity has hit the indie publishing scene in a big way. Author Jacqueline Howett took great exception to book blogger Big Al's review of her indie novel.
Yup, I'm finally ready to re-launch my Sioux Rock Falls Short Story, Burning Moose. This was the first of a series of stories that appeared in Storyteller Magazine between 2002 and 2006.
Life is full of surprises, like discovering that someone you were communicating with was having a totally different conversation.
My novel is about redemption, about accepting fate and even a little romance, but mostly it's about war.
One of Fogel's main complaints, and the subject of her guest post yesterday, is that I don't have a clear picture in my own head of my characters.
1. I'm a great believer in writing from the inside out. What that means is that, although good story is more important than good writing, writing is the only means you have of conveying the story.
There's a box with a manuscript in it sitting on my desk. It's the manuscript where each neatly printed page has been marred by The Fogel's harsh scrawls.
I was surprised by my gut reaction to a link to wordle.net sent to me by The Fogel. She describes it as a toy for reviewing my novel, and her point is that there are some words I use with monotonous frequency.
The Fogel has sent me a few links and notes about writing in the last few weeks, so I've decided to start a separate page, The Fogel Speaks, for anyone who wants to know more about writing.