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Goal Post for August 24th through August 30th

Warren | August 24, 2009

First off, my goals:
* Work on Unicorn’s Twilight. Working on chapter 2, 3, and 4
* Input Fantasy story, edit said story
* Work on Nine Lives and Call Center
Now for how I am doing:
The last two weeks have been pretty productive. I’ve sent one story (Jupiter Rising) off to Asimov’s Science fiction to be published.
I finished [...]

Write what you know?

Warren | August 18, 2009

It is an old axiom in writing circles: Write what you know. You hear the mantra repeated Ad nauseam through out writing classes and seminars world wide. However, what does this phrase really mean?
I tend to write in the fantastic since that is what I read. I have been a lover of [...]

A few thoughts on health and writing

Warren | August 13, 2009

I am (currently) not the most healthy person. I am trying to fix that; but right now I am rather on the portly side. (I describe myself as a pear balanced on two turkey legs, heh.) One reason I am trying to loose weight isn’t just so I feel better, but so [...]

Goal Post for the week of August 10 through August 16, 2009

Warren | August 10, 2009

Goals for this week:
* Work on Unicorn’s Twilight. Plan on writing 3,000 words a day
* Finish writing a new Unnamed Fantasy story.
* Pick one Science Fiction Magazine to send Jupiter Rising off to and send the story off.
* Work [...]

The Week of Defeat and new ideas

Warren | August 10, 2009

When making the decision to focus this blog on writing, I decided I needed to be brutally honest. Not just to document my struggles as a writer, but also to help me see where I have been and where I am going. Sometimes I don’t want to show my flaws, but if I [...]

Goal Post for August 3, 2009 through August 9th, 2009

Warren | August 3, 2009

Goals for this week:

Work on Unicorn’s Twilight. Plan on writing 3,000 words a day
Finish writing a new Unnamed Fantasy story.
Pick one Science Fiction Magazine to send Jupiter Rising off to and send the story off.
Work on Nine Lives

Short but sweet this week. Not as short as it seems, however…
A review of the last Goals [...]

Working from an Outline: The reason I do this

Warren | August 1, 2009

I tend to work from an outline now when I am dealing with anything bigger then a short story. I have heard that there are people that don’t work from an outline when writing books, but that is not something that is easy for me to do.
Believe me, I’ve tried.
I say this as someone [...]