A new year means a new logo. Earlier this year, I discussed PrimmLife and how to improve it for 2019. My friend Meghan offered to make a new logo for me, and you can see it below. I absolutely love it. While we were brainstorming for it, she asked questions that forced me to think … Continue reading New Year, New Logo
Writing
2018 Year End Review
2018 stared poorly, and it ended poorly. I posted a long detailed report about 2018, which detailed the challenges that I faced during the year. I'm proud of that post, but before it could be backed up, the database for my website got deleted or corrupted or whatever. My website went down for an hour … Continue reading 2018 Year End Review
Checking in December 2018
It's been an odd week. Between work and being sick, I've been very busy. Jiu Jitsu has been a lot of fun this week. Even though I get crushed when I step on the mat, I've finished the session much more positive than when I started. The year is coming to a close, and there's … Continue reading Checking in December 2018
What I Learned from Week One
November is National Writing Month. This month is a personal challenge to write 50,000 words between the first and thirtieth of November. That’s an average of 1,666.66 words per day. According to the NaNoWriMo blog, 402,000 people participated in 2017. Well, this year, I decided to participate. This is a daunting challenge. Since I’m a … Continue reading What I Learned from Week One
Which Format is Best II – Annotation
Some people think books are sacred. I don’t like to crack the spine on paperbacks. Friends have told me it’s disrespectful to put books on the floor. Since they represent knowledge, they shouldn’t be down among the dirt and the dust. Because of this sacred nature, many see writing in books as sacrilege. In a … Continue reading Which Format is Best II – Annotation
Publication Day
Putting the Science in Fiction It’s publication day! Putting the Science in Fiction is available now. Scroll down for ordering links. Science and technology have starring roles in a wide range of genres–science fiction, fantasy, thriller, mystery, and more. Unfortunately, many depictions of technical subjects in literature, film, and television are pure fiction. A basic … Continue reading Publication Day
My Fictional Splinter
The best story ideas I ever get come to me when I’m writing a different story. I’ve seen other writers talk about ideas attempting to seduce you away from your current project. The struggle is real. But if a writer expects to finish a story, they can’t chase every new idea that comes along. Often, … Continue reading My Fictional Splinter
Change to Review Process
When I set out to build this blog, I knew that I had a lot to learn and that only through continuous improvement would it succeed. I love reviewing books and hope to continue to be able to do so. This means improving my reviews of Advanced Review Copies (ARCs) and how I promote those … Continue reading Change to Review Process
Three Strategies to Defeat Perfectionism in Writing
How Perfectionism Blocks My Writing Letting myself be human has been the most difficult lesson on the road to being a writer. As a perfectionist, I hate making mistakes. As a human, mistakes are unavoidable. The clash between the two makes writing very difficult. In fact, my perfectionism blocks my writing all the damn time. … Continue reading Three Strategies to Defeat Perfectionism in Writing
Good News: Putting the Science in Fiction
I have great news. Writer’s Digest revealed the cover of Putting the Science in Fiction yesterday. This anthology collects essays from Dan Koboldt’s blog series Science in Sci Fi, and I have two essays in the collection. Both essays have been expanded for this edition. I’m proud of the work that I’ve done here, and … Continue reading Good News: Putting the Science in Fiction