Ah, football season. Yesterday's victory by BYU over Notre Dame was a good kickoff to the season. Tomorrow morning, my family's fantasy football league (of which yours truly is the reigning champion, thank you very much) holds its draft. And a week from today, the Dallas Cowboys will begin the quest for their next Super Bowl win.
My target for the wordcount of my novel is 120,000 words. From May of 2002, when I started work on Heir of the Line, until August 26, 2004 (the day before I started my current writing regimen), I amassed 52,214 words. As of right now, the total is 60,175, which means I'm more than half done with the novel! So... read more »
All the Rage This Year: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology 3 (September 2004) (more…)
... and Chapter 21 is done as well. Chapter 19 was turning out to be very long, with more still to come, but then as I was driving home from my writers' group tonight I realized that there was a logical place to split the chapter, switch to Allonna's point of view for a chapter, then switch back to what... read more »
The following is a story from the Crossroads Journal, a semimonthly paper serving Eagle Mountain and Saratoga Springs. Eagle Mountain man receives award in national writer's contest Dateline Communications Press Release HOLLYWOOD, CA - Eric James Stone of Eagle Mountain, Utah received his prize at a star studded gala awards ceremony attended by many leaders in science fiction and fantasy... read more »
I've finished chapter 18 of my novel, which I started back in the beginning of July. However, on Thursday I set a goal to write every day in order to finish the novel before the World Fantasy Convention at the end of October. That gives me 61 days. Meeting my word-count targets will be tough, but it's possible. If I... read more »
amazon(1592121772, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. XX) (August 2004) (more…)
Well, last night I watched the latest three episodes of the show, so I'm caught up. Warning: spoilers ahead if you haven't watched the latest episode. (Incidentally, I ran into Amazing Race contestant Charla at the hotel I was staying at in Hollywood, and she seemed nice enough in person -- even invited me to join a group of people... read more »
OK, first of all, let me point out that my note-taking method leaves a lot to be desired. I generally just write down things that strike me as being interesting or important, and that I don't feel I already know. So the notes are by no means comprehensive. But if what's being said is too interesting, I may get caught... read more »
It was a great experience. More details later.
