by Jim Stitzel | Aug 25, 2007 | Writing
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve written any fiction, but lately I’ve been feeling the itch to write again, especially now that we’ve started to get some of my medical issues sorted out. Between a sleep disorder, thyroid condition, and back...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 26, 2007 | Writing
Jason Evans is running another of his quarterly “writing contests”:http://clarityofnight.blogspot.com/2007/07/halo-short-fiction-contest.html this week, which ends up being bad timing for me since I’m going in for back surgery tomorrow. It’s...
by Jim Stitzel | Jul 9, 2007 | Writing
I’ve started playing a bit with “Ficlets”:http://ficlets.com/, since I can’t do much else right now. It’s actually kind of nice to be restricted to 1024 characters or less and fun to see if, and how, anyone builds on it. My first Ficlet...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 15, 2007 | Writing
I’ve just picked up my first paid writing gig – Mark over at “Weblog Tools Collection”:http://weblogtoolscollection.com posted a brief note a couple of days ago indicating he was looking for someone to take over the daily theme and plugin...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 4, 2007 | Writing
I’ve been neglecting my blog lately. Heck, I’ve been neglecting almost everything that isn’t related to my job or the farm lately. Life is just keeping me busy of late. I even have story ideas I’d like to work on, one of them a short story idea...
by Jim Stitzel | May 22, 2007 | Writing
Fred over at “The Truth About Writing”:http://fredquattrone.com/thetruth/?p=32 has written his opinion on the merits of self-publishing – and he raises a good point. Here’s my take on the subject: The biggest detractor I’ve heard about...