Strange Horizons are nearing the end of their 2013 Fund Drive. It’s a great magazine, well worth supporting if you like great speculative fiction. Editor-in-chief, Niall Harrison has on post … Read More
Metrics Monday – 30th September 2013
Not a great week from a writing perspective, just 3,619 words. Most of my spare time was taken up with a new day job project. It isn’t the least productive … Read More
An Honourable Result
I found out on Wednesday that my story, Rainshine, received an honourable mention in the 3rd quarter round of the Writers of the Future Contest. Now, obviously that’s not a win. … Read More
Monday Metrics – 23rd September 2013
All Glitch all the time. Thanks to two surprisingly good days, I managed 5,840 words on Glitch this week, bringing the total word count up to 8,702 (plus 1,000 words … Read More
Monday Metrics – 16th September 2013
After a slow start, last week turned out to be very productive – 7,267 words. That’s my second most productive week of the year, my best being the 8,871 word … Read More
Racing Weight
Today I hit my “racing weight” and by that I mean the completely arbitrary and suspiciously round 160 lbs I picked at the start of our training. One of the things … Read More
A Cartoonist’s Advice
Zen Pencils has some excellent advice from Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson – well worth a read and particularly pertinent for me at the moment. I love Calvin and Hobbes, … Read More
Monday Metrics – 9th September 2013
As expected, not a very productive week, writing wise, although at 3,923 words it’s not my least productive week and I hit day 70 in my writing streak. Apart from … Read More
We Have a Winner – The Bone Boy
Getting any writing done this week was always going to be a challenge. I have a couple of secret prototypes underway for my day job, I’m giving a keynote presentation … Read More