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Writing

NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge

January 26, 2010

NYC Midnight is an organization that runs competitions geared toward discovering talented new filmmakers and storytellers.  I first learned of them from the dynamic film making duo of Julie & Jessica [King is a Fink] (follow them on Twitter for awesome indie tips).  They had entered the Screenwriter’s Challenge (here’s their post about it) and [...]

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Smashing Through Creative Blocks with Lateral Action

January 7, 2010

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ll know I’m a big fan of Mark McGuinness and Lateral Action.  Honestly, how could you not love an entire site dedicated to creativity and its effective uses?  None of this crunchy hippie kumbaya crap, Lateral Action is all about leveraging your inner [...]

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Ready for Battle

October 31, 2009

NaNoWriMo is a siege against the stronghold known as “Novel Writing”.  With any long protracted war it’s a matter of perseverance and tenacity.  Each encounter is a battle of inches (or word count in this case), slowly getting you closer to your end goal, a completed 50,000 word manuscript.  The proper supplies are essential [...]

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Survey Says

October 9, 2009

With my fiction at a complete standstill there’s isn’t much to share these days.  The only thing I find myself checking on a regular basis are my submissions statistics.  Thanks to the amazing Duotrope, I have an online submission tracker that keeps everything nice and tidy.  It also helps other aspiring writers get a better [...]

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Aspiring Authors

September 21, 2009

On my own little slice of the Internet, I like to consider myself an aspiring author.  I’m already a writer (I’m doing it as we speak), but since nothing of mine has been published, I cannot truthfully wear the title of author.  Wearing the badge of an "aspiring author" is actually a lot cooler than [...]

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Exploring Alternatives

September 3, 2009

Writing is my favorite method of creation, weaving entire realities that exist solely in your mind until pen is put to paper and the words are allowed to escape.  The physical sensation of being in the midst of a furious writing session is felt from head to toe, supercharging your fingers as they hammer away [...]

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Where did all my time go?

August 29, 2009

In an attempt to keep focused on my writing goals, I’ve started tracking the time spent on different types or phases of my writing, from blog posts to new pieces to re-writes.  Looking back at the collected data (roughly a month) I can honestly say I suck at keeping on task.  In spite of this, [...]

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Trying to keep the momentum

August 17, 2009

Participating in the Flash Fiction Carnival finally got my mental juices flowing, proving to me that even though the gears are squeaky, they still work.  The comments I received were encouraging while pointing out some rusty spots that need additional work.  To keep the ball rolling I worked on some re-writes of the FFC piece [...]

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Flash Fictional Carnival – Aug '09

August 14, 2009

***UPDATE 08/20/09***
Due to the great response/feedback I received on this piece (and its subsequent drafts), I’ve decided to submit it to pro-markets.   Because of this, I will have to remove the original piece from my blog.  Thanks again for all your comments and support.
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I recently joined a Flash Fiction writing group through Facebook.  It’s a [...]

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Why do you do it?

August 8, 2009

Recently a good friend of mine decided to take a more creative direction with his life.  Fed up with the cubicle routine and feeling genuinely unfulfilled, he started writing on the side with the end goal being an eventual transition into full time writing.  We talked about the change in direction over several nights, batting [...]

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