11-23 Sunday
Back in the saddle... am I? Not so much. I'm sitting high on the hog because my pops is coming into town today and he'll be around through Thanksgiving and into next week. Being so far from the family...
View Article12-18 Back in the saddle...
Yeah, I'm back at it, biotches!! Put in just over 1,500 words today on the Young Junius draft and it's ABOUT TIME!! Serious. Been since about 5 weeks since I battered down some words. Can't let it go...
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Confession time. And I'm putting this in here where not everyone will see it, but those of you who check these things will. Now, I've written some of you into this thing and promised to kill many of...
View ArticleWriting week: Feb 1-7
Wednesday So I'm back in the saddle, pumping out Young Junius by the wordcount as much as I can. As crazy as the emailing has gotten with the New York TRP crew, it's good that I get into the writing...
View ArticleAuthor Boot Camp #1 -Wrapped
Alright guys, sorry I'm not here today with a new episode of YOUNG JUNIUS. Yes, I'm slow on that. Yes, I'm sucking. BUT yes, the next episode will blast your socks off! Pushed back to Sunday, I'm...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Palms Daddies and Palms Mommas
This is where things stand (podcast): Tuesday was exactly seven weeks to the release of JACK WAKES UP. Seems like it’s really getting close, doesn’t it? At the same time, I feel like I’ve been talking...
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YOUNG JUNIUS - Episode 26 and TOUR!!!
Direct Link to Episode 26 of Young Junius!!Yes, it's here, ladies and gentlemen! It is. And I'm here and we're counting down. Did I think April would come? I knew it would. Am I insane that we're this...
View ArticleBerkeley Mystery Writing Intensive, YA Bumpkins!!
So what's up--what's up? I'm about to get into an interview with my good friend Cornelia Read where she's going to tell you about an awesome Mystery Writing Intensive Workshop here in the Berkeley on...
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Literary Death Match: Can You Believe I Lost to THIS Guy?
This little homie right here is D.W. Lichtenberg and, though I love the guy, I've got to say it: "I can't believe I lost to him!" But the facts is the facts and I got way out-ironied and out-wandered...
View ArticleAir and Light and Time and Space
I used to have this Bukowksi poem up on the wall by my desk. Lately I've been thinking about it as I push myself back into the JP2 revisions. I'm not sure how I feel about the poem anymore, but it's...
View ArticleOn Bukowski: Born Like This
So, we're on the Bukowksi track this week after the post below. I've been thinking about his poem featured there and now I'm offering an audio track of him reading one of his most depressing and...
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Winter Online Class! Enroll now!
stanRegistration is now open for my Winter term (1/11-3/19) online creative writing class. You can get more info and register here now.The Essential Art: Making Movies in Your Reader's MindFiction and...
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Happy Holidays and Kindle Rush in ONE WEEK!
Complete audio and Merriest of Holiday Wishes!More info on the release is here!Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Super Kwanza, and let's have a dynamite New Year's Eve! In the process can right now is a...
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Hot Tub Cast™ 11: Kindle Rush, Contest and Happy New Year!
Call In Line 206-350-4998Click here to Listen!I'm back in the Hot Tub today waxing nostalgic about the fact that the decade is ending and that Y2K was ten years ago. I talk about the A Long Way from...
View ArticleIf I tell you how I’m feeling...
I’m in the middle of a big revision on my second Jack Palms novel, This Is Life. I’m at a point where I can see the end of the revision and the trees all around me. Yet I have no idea if what I’m...
View Article10-Min Free Video Lesson on Revision
Hey folks, here's a short video taken from my online class where I talk about the revision process I'm currently using on YOUNG JUNIUS and JACK PALMS 2: This Is Life. Here I take you into the lab, talk...
View ArticleEssentail Art Class Forum for Students
Please post any and all continued conversation that you'd like to engage one another with in this forum. It should work effectively like the forums in our Blackboard class: you can create new threads...
View ArticleWriting Workshop - The Gripping Read - "Dave's House"
Greetings! This post is intended for my classmates in the Stanford Writing Workshop - "The Gripping Read" from fall 2009, but anybody is welcome to read and chime in. I posted a portion of my story...
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Creating an Online Preorder Event: Tips & Strategies!! - Part II
Good News for Writers! (and 5 Tips on how to Capitalize on It!)Right now there are more ways than ever to publish, distribute and evangelize your work—without spending a lot of money. Though the...
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I am BACK!
Strictly Business AttireYes, I'm back from a wonderful trip abroad to Tanzania! It was awesome!What am I up to now? Working on Young Junius and Jack Palms II, of course!And more...Stay tuned for...
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