Monthly Archives: December 2009

New tools

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Jeff

“Don’t blame the car­pen­ter. Blame the tool.” –Howie Long in a new Chevy com­mer­cial Am I the only one who thinks he’s call­ing that guy a tool? Any­way, I’m not going to com­plain about my tools today, so much as doc­u­ment one more … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-​12-​28

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Jeff

UC Blog: No, appar­ently he can’t be taught http://bit.ly/7EG8FA # RT @FakeAPStylebook: zero-​base bud­get­ing — A method of writ­ing a state bud­get so that zzzzzZZZZZ… # RT @JhonenV: if you’re my kinda nerd, you were dis­tracted by James Horner’s inces­sant self-​cannibalizing of his pre­vi­ous … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Focusing on what’s important

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Jeff

It would seem I’m des­tined to do this writ­ing thing in bursts over time. I don’t know how much I’ll be post­ing here and on the Uni­fi­ca­tion Chron­i­cles blog in the near future, nor how much fic­tion I’ll actu­ally get writ­ten. … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-​12-​21

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Jeff

UC Blog: 128 Rev­e­la­tion chap­ter 28 first draft http://bit.ly/5gNDvT # UC Blog: Rev­e­la­tion progress report http://bit.ly/6pfGWe # UC Blog: 129 Rev­e­la­tion chap­ter 29 first draft http://bit.ly/7s6TUZ # Any­body know how to com­bine mul­ti­ple Google Docs (chap­ters) into a sin­gle doc­u­ment (a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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What writers can learn from Avatar

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Jeff

I saw Avatar over the week­end, and loved it. I’m nat­u­rally inclined to like James Cameron movies. I think he’s one of the best sto­ry­tellers work­ing today. Not the most inno­v­a­tive writer, but the best sto­ry­teller. It’s an impor­tant dis­tinc­tion. A … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Having written

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Jeff

“I hate writ­ing, I love hav­ing writ­ten.” —Dorothy Parker I fin­ished writ­ing the first novel in the Uni­fi­ca­tion Chron­i­cles series today. This is the first time I’ve actu­ally fin­ished a full-​length novel since the spring of 1997, when I fin­ished Between Heaven and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-​12-​13

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Jeff

@rcartwright You went with an older woman, you dog! in reply to rcartwright # Token para­graph of fic­tion writ­ten while I con­tinue to fine tune for tomorrow’s announce­ment. #amwrit­ing #sorta # Over­all, I’m hap­pier than I’ve been in years. #thati­sall # … Con­tinue read­ing →

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On making ebook piracy inevitable

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Jeff

Simon & Schus­ter have announced that they will be delay­ing the ebook releases of at least 35 of their big name releases in 2010. Doyce Tester­man has said pretty much what I have to say on the mat­ter, so why don’t … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Something for nothing

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Jeff

Nuance released Dragon Dic­ta­tion for the iPhone yes­ter­day, and they made it free. By all accounts, it works pretty well, and should make using an iPhone much more intu­itive for lots of peo­ple. So it should come as no sur­prise … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The plan

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Jeff

A big part of this blog, and Writ­ing On Your Palm before it, has always been to doc­u­ment my jour­ney as a writer and serve as either a cau­tion­ary exam­ple or inspi­ra­tion to oth­ers. It occurred to me recently that I have a unique … Con­tinue read­ing →

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