2024

an archive of posts from this year

Dec 21, 2024 Day 470: Holiday Update
Dec 20, 2024 Day 469: Editors on Editing
Dec 19, 2024 Day 468: Horse nor Ass
Dec 18, 2024 Day 467: Kill Your Darlings
Dec 17, 2024 Day 466: Jade City
Dec 14, 2024 Day 465: Progress Update
Dec 12, 2024 Day 463: A Funny Idea
Dec 11, 2024 Day 462: Jade City First Impressions
Dec 10, 2024 Day 461: Update On the Book Haul
Dec 07, 2024 Day 460: Progress Update
Dec 06, 2024 Day 459: Crazy Plot Twists Pt. 3
Dec 05, 2024 Day 458: Crazy Twists Pt. 2
Dec 04, 2024 Day 457: Delay on Twists Pt. 2
Dec 03, 2024 Day 456: Crazy Twists Pt. 1
Nov 30, 2024 Day 455: Update on My 3D Printer
Nov 29, 2024 Day 454: Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 28, 2024 Day 453: All Bets Are Off
Nov 27, 2024 Day 452: Story Fix: Transform Your Novel from Broken to Brilliant
Nov 26, 2024 Day 451: Progress Update
Nov 23, 2024 Day 450: Another Milestone!
Nov 22, 2024 Day 449: Concept VS Premise
Nov 21, 2024 Day 448: Book Haul!
Nov 19, 2024 Day 447: The Cuckoo's Calling
Nov 19, 2024 Day 446: Competitions in Progress
Nov 16, 2024 Day 445: Long Day, Quick Update
Nov 15, 2024 Day 444: Progress Update
Nov 14, 2024 Day 443: Reverse Tropes
Nov 13, 2024 Day 442: The Editing Continues
Nov 11, 2024 Day 441: Beta Reading
Nov 09, 2024 Day 440: Happy Friday
Nov 08, 2024 Day 439: Electricity is Magic
Nov 06, 2024 Day 438: Progress Update
Nov 04, 2024 Day 436: The Cuckoo's Calling First Impressions
Nov 01, 2024 Day 435: Over Editing
Oct 31, 2024 Day 433: Insidious Ch. 3
Oct 30, 2024 Day 432: Watching the World Go By
Oct 28, 2024 Day 431: Editing Jeffries
Oct 26, 2024 Day 430: What the River Buries
Oct 25, 2024 Day 429: Quick Update
Oct 23, 2024 Day 428: The Endless
Oct 22, 2024 Day 427: Looking for Inspiration
Oct 21, 2024 Day 426: Progress Update
Oct 18, 2024 Day 425: Style and Visualization
Oct 16, 2024 Day 423: The Thing
Oct 15, 2024 Day 422: Write Off
Oct 14, 2024 Day 421: Killer Robots
Oct 11, 2024 Day 420: What the River Buries First Impressions
Oct 10, 2024 Day 419: Making Shapely Fiction (Again)
Oct 09, 2024 Day 418: Progress Update
Oct 09, 2024 Day 417: The Wendigo
Oct 07, 2024 Day 416: The Willows
Oct 04, 2024 Day 415: Jane Eyre
Oct 02, 2024 Day 413: Progress Update
Oct 01, 2024 Day 412: What I've Learned So Far
Sep 30, 2024 Day 411: Modern Art
Sep 27, 2024 Day 410: Jane Eyre First Impressions
Sep 26, 2024 Day 409: Ordering Books Sucks
Sep 25, 2024 Day 408: Progress Update
Sep 24, 2024 Day 407: Genius and Insanity
Sep 23, 2024 Day 406: Book Haul!
Sep 20, 2024 Day 405: Progress Update
Sep 19, 2024 Day 404: The Importance of Variety
Sep 18, 2024 Day 403: North Woods
Sep 16, 2024 Day 401: Rainy Days
Sep 12, 2024 Day 399: Mmm, Donuts
Sep 11, 2024 Day 398: Progress Update
Sep 10, 2024 Day 397: Edge of Tomorrow
Sep 09, 2024 Day 396: Don't Ask the Blind Guy For Directions First Impressions
Sep 06, 2024 Day 395: Us Against You
Sep 05, 2024 Day 394: Progress Update
Sep 04, 2024 Day 393: Found a Local Writer's Group (Finally)
Sep 03, 2024 Day 392: Rounders vs Rocky
Sep 03, 2024 Day 391: Book of Choices Update 2
Aug 30, 2024 Day 390: Progress Update
Aug 29, 2024 Day 389: Book of Choices Update
Aug 28, 2024 Day 388: Follow Up on the Convention
Aug 27, 2024 Day 387: Convention Tomorrow!
Aug 26, 2024 Day 386: Previously Published Works
Aug 23, 2024 Day 385: Club Meeting Soon
Aug 22, 2024 Day 384: The Forge of God
Aug 22, 2024 Day 383: Progress Update
Aug 20, 2024 Day 382: Unseen Stories
Aug 19, 2024 Day 381: Bad News
Aug 16, 2024 Day 380: Focus!
Aug 15, 2024 Day 379: Progress Update
Aug 14, 2024 Day 378: Paradigm Shift
Aug 13, 2024 Day 377: Story Bloat
Aug 12, 2024 Day 376: Rejected Stories
Aug 09, 2024 Day 375: Elder Race
Aug 08, 2024 Day 374: Progress Update
Aug 07, 2024 Day 373: The Forge of God First Impressions
Aug 05, 2024 Day 371: Elder Race First Impressions
Aug 02, 2024 Day 370: A Short Respite
Aug 01, 2024 Day 369: Exposition Dumps
Jul 31, 2024 Day 368: Progress Update
Jul 30, 2024 Day 367: Thisness
Jul 29, 2024 Day 366: Blood Music
Jul 26, 2024 Day 365: ONE YEAR
Jul 25, 2024 Day 364: Progress Update
Jul 24, 2024 Day 363: Fallout
Jul 23, 2024 Day 362: Stormy Weather
Jul 22, 2024 Day 361: Stories that Feel Like Home
Jul 19, 2024 Day 360: Progress Update
Jul 18, 2024 Day 359: A Rare Occurrence
Jul 17, 2024 Day 358: The Easy Way Out
Jul 16, 2024 Day 357: At a Loss for Words
Jul 15, 2024 Day 356: Update on the Last Book Haul
Jul 12, 2024 Day 355: Progress Update
Jul 11, 2024 Day 354: Hannibal
Jul 10, 2024 Day 353: Like Riding a Bike
Jul 09, 2024 Day 352: The Reach
Jul 09, 2024 Day 351: Boulevard Magazine
Jul 06, 2024 Day 350: Piracy
Jul 04, 2024 Day 349: Happy Fourth of July!
Jul 03, 2024 Day 348: Progress Update
Jul 02, 2024 Day 347: Art-Based Stories
Jul 01, 2024 Day 346: The Results Are In ...
Jun 28, 2024 Day 345: Book of Choices Competition Results SOON
Jun 27, 2024 Day 344: Convenience Fee
Jun 26, 2024 Day 343: Book Haul!
Jun 25, 2024 Day 342: Economies of Scale
Jun 25, 2024 Day 341: Read the Wrong Book!
Jun 22, 2024 Day 340: Happy Friday
Jun 20, 2024 Day 339: Scavengers Reign
Jun 19, 2024 Day 338: Genre Burnout
Jun 18, 2024 Day 337: Progress Update
Jun 17, 2024 Day 336: Beartown
Jun 15, 2024 Day 335: Counting Words
Jun 13, 2024 Day 334: Fredrik Backman's Lookahead Technique
Jun 13, 2024 Day 333: Pacing Woes
Jun 11, 2024 Day 332: Hidden in Plain Sight
Jun 10, 2024 Day 331: Cheater-Cheater Pumpkin Eater
Jun 08, 2024 Day 330: Beartown First Impressions
Jun 06, 2024 Day 329: One Step Forward ...
Jun 05, 2024 Day 328: Looking to Nature
Jun 04, 2024 Day 327: Time Flies
Jun 03, 2024 Day 326: Progress Update
Jun 01, 2024 Day 325: Cheetahs
May 31, 2024 Day 324: Late Evening Post
May 29, 2024 Day 323: Frame Stories
May 28, 2024 Day 322: Progress Update
May 24, 2024 Day 320: Negative Space
May 23, 2024 Day 319: Revelation Space
May 22, 2024 Day 318: Little Lost Robot
May 21, 2024 Day 317: Progress Update
May 20, 2024 Day 316: Run Forest
May 17, 2024 Day 314: Valhalla Rising
May 15, 2024 Day 313: Progress Update
May 14, 2024 Day 312: Book Haul!
May 14, 2024 Google Gemini updates: Flash 1.5, Gemma 2 and Project Astra
May 13, 2024 Day 311: Making Shapely Fiction
May 10, 2024 Day 310: Neural Network Actually Works, Somehow
May 09, 2024 Day 309: The Huge Waste of Potential in 'Pantheon'
May 08, 2024 Day 308: Genre Bending
May 07, 2024 Day 307: Tiny Muscle, Giant Annoyance
May 06, 2024 Day 306: Progress Update
May 04, 2024 Day 305: Buying Used Books
May 03, 2024 Day 304: Writer's Block
May 02, 2024 Day 303: Finally Querying for my Book
May 01, 2024 Day 302: Looking for Inspiration
Apr 30, 2024 Day 302: What's Going On
Apr 29, 2024 Day 301: The Forest for the Trees
Apr 22, 2024 Day 296: What Makes a Good Techno-Thriller?
Apr 19, 2024 Day 295: Progress Update
Apr 17, 2024 Day 293: The Shaft
Apr 16, 2024 Day 292: Found an Old Story I Wrote
Apr 15, 2024 Day 291: Archaic Language
Apr 12, 2024 Day 290: On Writing
Apr 11, 2024 Day 289: From a Sitting Position
Apr 10, 2024 Day 288: Finding Passion in Projects
Apr 09, 2024 Day 287: Progress Update
Apr 08, 2024 Day 286: When to Watch the Eclipse
Apr 05, 2024 Day 285: Writing Smart and Stupid Pt. 2
Apr 04, 2024 Day 284: Writing Smart and Stupid
Apr 02, 2024 Day 282: Book Haul!
Apr 01, 2024 Day 281: Progress Update
Mar 29, 2024 Day 280: Writing Exercise 5, Mary Shelley
Mar 28, 2024 Day 279: Writing Exercise 4, Michael Crichton
Mar 27, 2024 Day 278: Writing Exercise 3, Mark Twain
Mar 26, 2024 Day 277: Writing Exercise 2, Ernest Hemingway
Mar 25, 2024 Day 276: Writing Exercise 1, Toni Morrison
Mar 22, 2024 Day 275: A Fun Challenge for Next Week
Mar 21, 2024 Day 274: Suspense
Mar 20, 2024 Day 273: The Galactic Stock Exchange
Mar 19, 2024 Day 272: Progress Update
Mar 18, 2024 Day 271: Small Great Things First Impressions
Mar 16, 2024 Day 270: Attending a Wedding Tomorrow!
Mar 14, 2024 Day 269: Dune: Part Two
Mar 13, 2024 Day 268: A Silly Idea
Mar 12, 2024 Day 267: Welcome to the Chum Bucket
Mar 11, 2024 Day 266: More on Editing
Mar 08, 2024 Day 265: One Year
Mar 07, 2024 Day 264: The Covenant of Water
Mar 05, 2024 Day 262: Rodney Dangerfield
Mar 05, 2024 Day 261: Progress Update
Mar 01, 2024 Day 260: Finding Abstract Connections
Feb 29, 2024 Day 259: Happy Leap Day
Feb 28, 2024 Day 257: Progress Update
Feb 26, 2024 Day 256: Splitting Chapters
Feb 22, 2024 Day 254: The Brilliant Writing of Abraham Verghese
Feb 21, 2024 Day 253: Fake Fossils
Feb 20, 2024 Day 252: Progress Update
Feb 19, 2024 Day 251: The Covenant of Water First Impressions
Feb 16, 2024 Day 250: Happy Friday
Feb 15, 2024 Day 249: The Fourth Wing
Feb 14, 2024 Day 248: Editing Pt. 4
Feb 13, 2024 Day 247: Editing Pt. 3
Feb 12, 2024 Day 246: Editing Pt. 2
Feb 09, 2024 Day 245: Editing Pt. 1
Feb 08, 2024 Day 244: Working Out My Editing Process
Feb 07, 2024 Day 243: The Fourth Wing First Impressions
Feb 05, 2024 Day 241: Book Haul!
Feb 02, 2024 Day 240: Call for Themes on the Next Book Haul
Feb 01, 2024 Day 239: Progress Update
Jan 31, 2024 Day 238: Attitude in Fiction
Jan 30, 2024 Day 237: Not Feeling Well
Jan 29, 2024 Day 236: Ancient Inspiration
Jan 26, 2024 Day 235: The Book of Choices Pt. 2
Jan 25, 2024 Day 234: The Book of Choices
Jan 24, 2024 Day 233: The Sparrow
Jan 23, 2024 Day 232: Quick Update
Jan 22, 2024 Day 231: Long Term Intentionality
Jan 19, 2024 Day 230: Integrating Small Pieces Into The Big Picture
Jan 18, 2024 Day 229: Inspiring Technology
Jan 17, 2024 Day 228: Day Off
Jan 16, 2024 Day 227: Subtle Lines
Jan 15, 2024 Day 226: Publishing
Jan 12, 2024 Day 225: Update on The Past Through Tomorrow
Jan 11, 2024 Day 224: The Novel, Who Needs It?
Jan 10, 2024 Day 223: Progress Update
Jan 09, 2024 Day 222: Toad
Jan 08, 2024 Day 221: Power Nap
Jan 04, 2024 Day 219: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jan 03, 2024 Day 218: Crossroads Cantina
Jan 02, 2024 Day 217: Book Haul!
Jan 01, 2024 Day 216: Happy New Year!