Moose and Ink

Getting a Head Start on Procrastination

Writing

  • May, June, July Progress

    I am a horrible human being. Here I was, planning on making monthly posts (if not more) about my writing progress. Then I blink and three months pass without an update. So … uh … oops? Let’s rectify that. May Total Words: 6,500 Not a terrible month with a strong finish. I stumbled across some Continue reading

  • March & April Progress

    Well I feel like a schmuck. I was positive I’d posted about my March progress but a quick look this morning told me that I was wrong. D’oh! To make up for that, here’s a picture of Cici acting as referee for a grunge match between Skye and Bee. March A total of 7,750 words Continue reading

  • Guaranteed Self Destruction

    My last blog post was something cryptic about fun. At the time I posted that, I was contemplating this grand post about writing, fun, and the lack thereof. Well, honestly, trying to come up with that has been downright depressing and I’m not too interested in doing that. So this will be short and to Continue reading

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  • February Word Count (+ January Revision)

    The official word count of February … plus a revision on January. Turns out that I was using my progress spreadsheet all wrong.You’d think being a computer guy, I’d know how to work a spreadsheet, right? Nope. TL;DR version – I should have been entering the total word count rather than my daily word count. Continue reading

  • The Word Count : January

    Here be the official Word Count report of January. In a perfect world, the Word Count column (first one to the right of the date) would have 250 or in each. And there wouldn’t be any red blocks either (which indicate how far I am behind where I should be). So this ain’t good. Let’s Continue reading

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  • A Query About Queries

    Someone asked me, “You’ve been working on that query letter for a long time.  Is it really that hard?” Yes, yes it is.  The novel is 103,000 words.  The query letter is 173 words. Or put another way …   Continue reading

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  • Rejection – Writing and Body

    Writing Back on May 13th, I got a request from Angry Robot for the full manuscript of my novel Asymonte. Today I got notice that they were going to pass on it.  The reason given was that it was too similar in plot and style to something else that is being released this November.  That’s Continue reading

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  • The Chicon Haul

    Go to a con, come back with books.  It was pretty inevitable. The Dealer’s Room at Chicon was a pretty cool place.  Imagine this – an enormous room full of books, media, artwork, and clothing galore.  In the attached room of equal size was an area filled with classic arcade games and full-sized Battletech pods.  Continue reading

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  • Return from Chicon

    And lo, the prodigal son has returned from Chicago and the convention known as Chicon (aka Worldcon).  And he declared it, “Spiffy.” It’s kind of important to note that Chicon was my first convention of any sort.  I’ve never really gone to anything like this and I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.  Fortunately, I Continue reading

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  • Chicon – The Windy Con

    Thursday I flee work and head to Chicago for Chicon, the 70th Annual Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention (aka Worldcon).  To get a grasp on what this con is like, imagine a huge hotel in downtown Chicago taken over by geeks, nerds, cosplayers (people who dress up as their favorite characters), and generally the well-informed Continue reading

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