by Jim Stitzel | Feb 9, 2007 | Writing
Things I do not like to see in novels – Kalbzayn’s World This is a bit of old news, but sometimes I keep things in my writing queue for longer than I should. In the article cited above, Kalbzayn complains about supplemental material in speculative fiction...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 7, 2007 | Writing
In case folks missed it, “Flashes of Speculation”:http://open-dialogue.com/fs got another update yesterday. Four new stories got posted up, so go give ’em a read and leave some comments and feedback for the authors. FS is always taking submissions,...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 7, 2007 | Writing
I’ve apparently become somewhat enamored with some bits of British grammar – it’s been slowly-but-surely taking over my writing. For instance, I’ve noticed that instead of using the word ‘whining’, it’s become...
by Jim Stitzel | Feb 6, 2007 | Writing
I’m on a writing dry spell right now. It’s been two or three months since I’ve written _anything_ speculative. ((That isn’t technically true – I _did_ write one piece of flash fiction to came to me suddenly last month.)) I just...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 25, 2007 | Writing
A “entry on another blog”:http://serotoninrain.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/news-thats-only-a-day-old/ yesterday led me on a “merry trail”:http://mis_nomer.blogspot.com/2007/01/news-on-far-side.html to this “Newspaper Clipping...
by Jim Stitzel | Jan 15, 2007 | Technology, Writing
Now _this_ is the kind of weather I can actually tolerate – for a while, at least. The temps have dropped enough that the persistent rain has become snow. It was actually a lot of fun to work out in it tonight, but only because I was bundled up and actually...