Esther is just behind me in this, but I figured I’d post my thingy to be all thingy now. So, I won Nano. And I feel cheesy even saying that. “Win” is a word that usually refers to a competition. It implies that I somehow accomplished something. But as I said in an earlier post,…
Assorted Ramblings (blog)
On Shirtgate, and the response thereto.
Let me begin by stating that this is Frog writing, not Esther, and my thoughts are not necessarily our thoughts. This one is all me, she can respond if she so chooses. The shirt thing is getting crazy. There’s an inflationary thing the internet does, where one person has a thought that might make coherent sense, and it is…
Halfway through Nano
So, this weekend marks the midpoint of November. It also marks the half-way point on my NaNoWriMo word count. I’m recovering after Orycon, which set me back in my word count, but I’ve managed to make up ground this weekend. So far, I’m learning some things from the experience. I’ll try and condense it down,…
The Best Writing Advice I Ever Received, or This Article Is Full Of It
For a website supposedly devoted to helping writers become authors, they certainly have a really strange way of showing it. In the summer of 2012, we had just submitted Grace Under Fire for consideration. We attended Spocon, where the madness began. There, I received the greatest piece of writing advice ever given to me. For those of you…
Orycon 36:
Just got back from Orycon 36. Interesting con. To begin with, Esther had to take a different car entirely. She got last-minute notice of a job interview. Now, as much as we’d like to blow off having a day job in favor of being rich and famous authors, we’re not exactly there yet. So she had to…
A Response to the Criticism of Scorpion
I am a genius. When I was a child, I was called “gifted.” My IQ was abnormally high, and I had the ability to master mathematical skills and language arts that exceeded most of my peers. I still do. Saying it sounds arrogant, sounds like I’m just a smug bastard, but it is simply true….
NaNo Approacheth
We’ve tended to avoid participating in NaNoWriMo. Here’s the thing; it’s a great program. It gets words on paper, which is really what needs to happen for young writers to evolve. It’s the sort of thing that sharpens one’s skills and progresses one towards their first published novel. All of this is good, wonderful stuff….