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Continue reading →: Weekly Recap
Yet another busy week up here within sight of the Middle of Nowhere. That’s to be expected. Around here, summer is an incredibly busy time. It’s the time where we knock out all of our major projects for work and outside of work, we spend a lot of time at…
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Continue reading →: Mr. Consistency
Up here in Decorah, it’s Nordic Fest weekend and it’s been a beautiful weekend. No, really. Honest. Hey, I’m being serious here! Yes, I know if you looked at past years, you wouldn’t believe it but for once in its 40+ years, Nordic Fest fell on a weekend that wasn’t…
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Continue reading →: Perks of Percolation
Nope, not coffee. We’re talking about writing here. A lot of writers talk about letting your work age or percolate for a while. In On Writing, Stephen King calls it ‘letting the book rest’ and recommends you go do something else – kayak, jig saw puzzle, whatever. Just put the…
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Continue reading →: The Summer Reading List
Been a bit busy lately so in lieu of anything, you know, actually entertaining, I present to thee … My Summer Reading List! {BEGIN MUSICAL FANFARE} Feed by Mira Grant Like the undead themselves, novels about zombies just won’t die.* As you can guess, Feed is a novel about…
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Continue reading →: Friday Bits
One – Received a 37 day rejection from Strange Horizons for Korl. I’ll have to look for the next market later tonight. Two – Members of the SWAT Team walked past my office. They claimed to be surveying the Library as they’ll be using it in the evening next week for some…
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Continue reading →: On the Other Side of Things
One year and one day ago, I woke up and checked my e-mail. The first thing I saw was this : Dear Mr. Hughes, On behalf of the staff and instructors, I’d like to welcome you as a student to Viable Paradise, and say congratulations! The rest was pretty much…
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Continue reading →: Adventures in SciFi Publishing
That writing gig I mentioned a couple of days ago? Here it is : Starting in August, I will be writing for Adventures in SciFi Publishing. Adventures (AISFP for short) is an award winning podcast and websites focusing on the science-fiction, fantasy, and speculative fiction industry. Over the course of…
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Continue reading →: Whoops, I’m Here!
Whoops. I meant to post when I got back and just plum forgot. Well, let’s blame it on jet lag, shall we? Getting back to Iowa wasn’t all that much different than leaving it. I encountered a rare beast – a flight that departs early. Normally, this wouldn’t be a…
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Continue reading →: Living in a John Hughes Film
I am now in Bellingham, Washington. It’s a beautiful city and I’m really wishing I had brought my digital camera with me. As it is, I just have a waterproof camera that I’m saving for the kayaking trip so it will be a while until any of my photographs are…
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Continue reading →: Go West Young Man … Way Far West
… all the way west til you get wet. That is where I shall be but first, I have to get there. Tomorrow morning, Steph is taking me to the Rochester airport to catch an early flight up to Minneapolis, then another out to Seattle, and finally a puddle jump…
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I’m Matt
This is Moose and Ink – home of the writer Matt A. Hughes, resident of Northeast Iowa and generally an all around good guy.
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