Monthly Archives: January 2010

THE ART OF MATCHMAKING

Posted on January 31, 2010 by mybluescreen

So I received my first rejection of the year yesterday for a little science fiction piece I wrote.  I sent it to a brand-new market that only specifies they want science fiction, and since there are no previous issues to … Continue reading →

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MY OFFICE – PART 2

Posted on January 28, 2010 by mybluescreen

It has taken the better part of the month, but I have finally set up and organized my home office, which happens to be located in our bedroom.  This is what it looked like before I started: As you can … Continue reading →

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HOORAY!

Posted on January 27, 2010 by mybluescreen

Maybe fireworks is a bit much to celebrate the completion of a short story, but hot damn! this was a tough one to write.  I started writing it on January 17th, and have diligently worked on it every day since … Continue reading →

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SNOWLINES, SUNSHINE, AND ONE YO-YO MASTER

Posted on January 23, 2010 by mybluescreen

We’ve spent a week in perpetual deluge here in Southern California.  Yesterday, the rain finally stopped for a minute, and the foothills got to show off their new snow line.  The sunflowers were a little stunned.  They thought it was … Continue reading →

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SHORT STORY SUNDAYS

Posted on January 20, 2010 by mybluescreen

So I decided that this year I would write 50 new short stories, which is pretty crazy considering I’ve written just about 30 in my entire life, not to mention I’m currently finishing up a complicated novel. Why am I … Continue reading →

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THE NOT SO IDEAL READER

Posted on January 18, 2010 by mybluescreen

In Stephen King’s book “On Writing,” he writes, “I think that every novelist has a single ideal reader; that at various points during the composition of a story, the writer is thinking, ‘I wonder what he/she will think when he/she … Continue reading →

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MY OFFICE – PART 1

Posted on January 16, 2010 by mybluescreen

In the entrepreneurial spirit of hanging a shingle, I have decided it’s time for me to establish a professional work space, one that doesn’t have mounds of laundry piled on it.  Almost every book on writing I’ve ever read stresses … Continue reading →

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SETTING MYSELF UP TO FAIL

Posted on January 14, 2010 by mybluescreen

To succeed wildly at any endeavor, one must set goals.  Now there’s a school of thought (normally associated with marketing) called “low hanging fruit.”  The idea is to go for the quick and easy win.  You feel good.  Your basket … Continue reading →

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WANNABE VS. GONNABE – WHAT’S THE DIFF?

Posted on January 13, 2010 by mybluescreen

I have read a lot of books on writing throughout the years — A LOT of books on writing.  It all sounded great, logical, reasonable.  It all made sense.  And yet, I never really got off my duff and did … Continue reading →

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HANGING OUT MY SHINGLE

Posted on January 11, 2010 by mybluescreen

This year I’m hanging out the shingle.  Really.  I know I’ve said it before, but this is the first year I file a tax return that lists my occupation as “Professional Writer.”  There it is, thumb-tacked to my vision board:  … Continue reading →

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