Writing

Why Do You Write?

January 26, 2012
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I write because of this man.

Recognize him? That would be J. R. R. Tolkien.

I still have this memorized:

“In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an ozzy smell. Nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat. It was a Hobbit hole, and that means comfort.”

I probably messed up some of the punctuation, but still. My geek card is intact.

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A fantastic note from Jim Butcher….

January 14, 2012
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The only person who can kill your dream is YOU.

You want to read Jim Butcher’s post, The Most Important Thing an Aspiring Author Needs to Know.

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WIN!

November 26, 2011
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I am so happy about this.

I did it.

I didn’t think I could do it.

I did it.

Of course, the book’s nowhere near DONE, but that’s okay.

Knowing I can do this is *ahem* half the battle.

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The Brave and the Bold

November 10, 2011
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So guess what I learned this week?

Go see her stuff! It's cool!

That I could attend and work at two comic book conventions (all for the lovely Celine Chapus of PurpleTopHat.com), write from 1700-4000 words a day, and realize my mind is already made up about The Sundered.

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