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Knowing Your Length

This past Thursday I began working on the revisions to Project X after getting it back from my second beta reader. In reading her comprehensive and detailed notes, I realized something important: You must pay attention to length! In working on Project X, I’ve focused strictly on word count and not number of pages. My [ READ MORE ]

The Weekender for May 20-22: Stop Aspiring

Twitter is interesting in the fact that it’s a collection of the vast knowledge we all possess and the people it brings us into contact with. Besides being a huge time-waster we can utilize it to find out things by ‘asking the masses’ and also searching it. Used correctly, it’s not just for saying what [ READ MORE ]

Sharing My Knowledge

UPDATE: Looks like I posted just a few hours too hours too early because the speaker schedule has been posted! I’ll be speaking from 1:55 – 2:05 PM so be on the lookout for me after you’re done with lunch! ——————— I’m taking a break from ‘The Weekender’ this week in order to bring an [ READ MORE ]

Back Up or Suffer the Consequences

  • January 31st, 2011
  • Posted in Tips

Being a techie guy, sometimes I assume things I do are things everyone does. In my time working in the IT field, it’s been made very clear to me that even in this digital age people do not take basic precautions to ensure their data is safe. Us nerds all shout from the mountaintop but [ READ MORE ]

Yet Another Writer Busted for Lying

Good Wednesday Copious Notes readers. Yesterday CNN broke the news that yet another book based on a true story is a hoax. You may remember a couple of years ago how James Frey was busted about his book ‘A Million Little Pieces’ and how the book, which seemed like an amazing story, was significantly embellished. [ READ MORE ]

Lyrically Speaking for October 3

  • October 3rd, 2008
  • Posted in Tips

Good Friday everyone! Today brings a new edition of lyrically speaking for all of you to enjoy. I wanted to bring it back home a little bit and let you guys know about a local band that you all probably have heard of. The band nine days had their breakout hit “story of a girl” [ READ MORE ]

Talk your way out of it

You’ll have to excuse the lack of picture for today’s post. I spent a good 10 minutes looking for a picture that would fit today’s topic or be a play on words for today, but I was unable to find anything. So, you’re stuck with just this entry. Right now, I want you to close [ READ MORE ]

Creative A’s 10 Rules of Writing

  • June 6th, 2008
  • Posted in Tips

A few days ago I was reading Creative A’s blog and came across this fantastic list. With his permission, I have reprinted it here. I fully believe in this list and think that if anyone sticks to the rules, their writing will instantly improve. Enjoy. ————- The other day I was at Barnes&Noble and I [ READ MORE ]

Writing Exercise

  • June 4th, 2008
  • Posted in Tips

Back in January I posted a writing excercise to help get people’s writing juices flowing. Back in high school and college, we frequently used ‘jump starts’ to get some free writing done. It’s a nice way to jump start because you just make things up as you go and don’t worry about spelling, grammar or [ READ MORE ]

Just Write Blog Carnival: May 16, 2008 Edition

  • May 16th, 2008
  • Posted in Tips

Welcome to the May 16, 2008 edition of Just Write. Thanks to everyone who submitted! As usual, we have some bright people sharing information about the world of writing. Please visit them and encourage them all to keep up the good work. Book Reviews Cindy King presents Book Review – Letting Go Of The Words [ READ MORE ]

Current Works

Loopback
 Status:
In Progress
Word Count:
22,840 Words

Spirit Hackers
 Status:
Second Revision In Progress
Word Count:
72,954 Words
Previous Draft: 72,149 Words

"Project X"
 Status:
Submitted for Consideration
Word Count:
4,081 Words

Untitled Story
 Status:
On Hold
Word Count:
59,066 words

Post Schedule

When blogging regularly, each week you can look forward to the following series in addition to my normal posts:

Thursday: Lyrically Speaking
Friday: The Weekender
When I get to it: Capacious Kindle

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