Journal Entries for 2008
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Journal Entries for 2005
Journal Entries for 2004
Journal Entries for 2003
Journal Entries for 2002
01: Goals for 2003 (7 comments)
02: Not bad for a last-minute jam session... (0 comments)
03: Good (Writing) Morning (0 comments)
06: Busy Writing, But Not (Enough) Fiction... (5 comments)
07: Chatting with old friends (0 comments)
09: A goal a day keeps the shrink away... (3 comments)
10: What a day. (5 comments)
10: Books do furnish a room (7 comments)
11: Halfway House (2 comments)
11: 'Round the House, Almost 'Round the Bend (4 comments)
12: The first draft of my SF novel is done. (15 comments)
14: Reading Day (5 comments)
16: Reading and Writing Days (4 comments)
17: Things have begun to fall into place... (5 comments)
19: Science Fantasy (24 comments)
21: Ten Things I Know Now... (11 comments)
21: Hey now, hey now! (2 comments)
22: Another boring entry... (15 comments)
23: Research THIS! (4 comments)
25: Where to start? (12 comments)
29: No more head-down writing... (4 comments)
31: January Round-up (2 comments)
February
01: Writer's Notes: Writers To Read, and To Emulate (4 comments)
02: Updates 'R' Us (6 comments)
04: A quick one. (4 comments)
04: Another quick one. (5 comments)
05: Hey look, I'm online! (13 comments)
06: This is why I love reading The Onion (7 comments)
07: So how was YOUR week? (22 comments)
10: Heroes and such... (8 comments)
11: They took the words right outta my mouth... (4 comments)
12: The Best SF Stories of 2002 (22 comments)
13: I've gotta stop getting up at 3 a.m.!!! (19 comments)
15: The Best Speculative Fiction of 2002 (8 comments)
15: And one more thing... (0 comments)
15: Another story drafted! (0 comments)
16: Ice, Ice baby! (3 comments)
18: A Sort of House-Keeping, or, A Plethora of Links (4 comments)
19: Get out da vote! (7 comments)
20: Read it here! (11 comments)
22: Unplugged and Links of Note (16 comments)
24: Sometimes good music leads to sadness...but mostly gladness. (8 comments)
25: Lunch Time Thoughts... (8 comments)
27: Ideas? We got 'em out our ears here... (6 comments)
28: So this is what it feels like to have a life. (2 comments)
March
03: The March of Time... (18 comments)
04: Making the monster dance... (13 comments)
05: Nifty link (2 comments)
05: Back in Black(beard) (15 comments)
07: Back to Morning Work (for now...) (16 comments)
07: Another nifty link. (6 comments)
09: Email Problems (Or, No, I'm Really Not Ignoring You!) (0 comments)
09: In my mind I'm goin' to Carolina... Ocracoke, to be exact. (7 comments)
10: Questing for Trouble... (10 comments)
12: It's Official. (13 comments)
12: And it's done. (1 comments)
13: Finally finished that pesky chapter nine! (3 comments)
15: Niiiiice. Click here, please. (17 comments)
16: Underwater hijinx, above-water key-plunking. (5 comments)
19: Gray daze. (2 comments)
20: The light at the end of the week. (0 comments)
21: Note to self: (9 comments)
23: Noodling in cyberspace... (8 comments)
25: Chopping, chopping. (0 comments)
26: Open early for subs... (14 comments)
29: Up to my ears in stories... (5 comments)
30: Marching almost out of time... (0 comments)
31: Just because. (18 comments)
April
01: April Dare (11 comments)
01: Day One -- we hit the ground running (and typing) (6 comments)
02: Day Two -- it gets easier...? (8 comments)
03: Day Three -- slowing down a touch. (2 comments)
05: Day Five -- whatever happened to Day Four? (0 comments)
06: Day Six -- Better late than never. (3 comments)
07: A note on Intracities submissions... (4 comments)
07: Day Seven -- a glitch in the matrix... (6 comments)
08: Day Eight -- Story Sabotage! (6 comments)
09: Day Nine -- Catching Up... (10 comments)
11: Day 11 -- Ready for the Weekend! (8 comments)
12: Day 12 -- Take a Hike! (3 comments)
14: Day 14 -- Minimums, Zines, ToCs, and Kisses (12 comments)
15: Day 15 -- no word Jamming (11 comments)
16: Is that the question? And if so, who answered? (21 comments)
16: Day 16 -- the motivations of fictional ghosts (5 comments)
18: Day What? (7 comments)
19: Day 19 -- Do the Evolution (2 comments)
20: Day 20 -- A good day so far... (0 comments)
21: A Quick Quote (2 comments)
21: Day 21 -- More of the same old same old (5 comments)
22: Molding young minds (more or less) (11 comments)
25: Day 25 -- Big Fun! (7 comments)
25: Day 25, cont'd -- Lighting up a cigarette. (3 comments)
26: Day 26 -- More words, more words, more words!!! (8 comments)
27: Day 27 -- Just...About...There... (2 comments)
28: Day 28 -- Tired. Very tired... (1 comments)
29: Day 29 -- 40,000 words later -- A Draft is Done. (14 comments)
29: Oh WOW -- check it out!!! (26 comments)
29: Day 29 -- Looking back at the wreckage, and ahead to the wrecks to come (5 comments)
May
01: This isn't a lot, is it? (5 comments)
04: Graduated! (13 comments)
07: Sequels and Wise Fiction (6 comments)
08: Reach the Beach... or not... (5 comments)
12: Long entry coming. You have been warned. (9 comments)
14: Full-blown Novel-Revising Mode: On. (2 comments)
15: Writing the Breakout Novel (9 comments)
19: Oh, okay, I'll talk about "The Matrix Reloaded" (16 comments)
20: Now look at what I've gone and done... (6 comments)
22: A brain workout (5 comments)
27: No rest for the wicked slash creative (4 comments)
28: Any tips for places to go in DC? (11 comments)
29: Readin'... (14 comments)
June
01: Intracities: Closed to Submissions (12 comments)
03: A lunch of crow, with a Singularity handshake (19 comments)
05: Now this is cool (8 comments)
06: Man, that sucks (6 comments)
07: Little Mouses go to Big City (17 comments)
10: Back from the Big City (7 comments)
11: You know it's one of those days when... (7 comments)
12: Still lovin' the Onion (6 comments)
13: Table of Contents for INTRACITIES (18 comments)
14: Cool news for Everclear fans!!! (13 comments)
14: Wrapping up a wacky Saturday (7 comments)
16: Wish me luck... (11 comments)
18: Hobbit-toe soup for lunch again??? (5 comments)
20: Touch magic, pass it on... (3 comments)
21: A good writing day (0 comments)
23: Gambogoggle -- the tale of one old orc (6 comments)
26: Where is my mind? Wheee--re is my mind? (6 comments)
30: Revisions and revisitations and something new altogether (5 comments)
July
03: Workin' on a Clampdown... (1 comments)
07: Lotsa reading (and links!) (19 comments)
10: Hangin' out with the Dream King (11 comments)
11: Kiss That Last 150 Pages Goodby-y-y-y-e!! (8 comments)
14: Weekend Wrap-Up (condensed version) (13 comments)
18: 100k! (not dollars, unfortunately) (14 comments)
24: Hard at work at 5:57 a.m. (5 comments)
24: This is why I shouldn't work in an office with others. (13 comments)
29: A quickie -- I'm tired. (9 comments)
30: All you gamers, raise your voices! (15 comments)
30: All you bookmakers and zinesters, stand up and be counted! (18 comments)
August
01: Writer's Notes: Ignore the red lights! (87 comments)
01: Almost there!!! (7 comments)
06: Ready for a Green Light on the September Dare! (10 comments)
07: I'll sleep when I'm dea---- (THUNK) (5 comments)
08: Three for Thursday! (14 comments)
10: 4k and downed trees (4 comments)
13: Because October has 31, and September only 30, for one... (3 comments)
13: I've found the secret to writing: (24 comments)
14: Lots of cool things so early in the day... (7 comments)
15: Connells, conservatives, and completions... (5 comments)
17: Hey, I like my novel again... (14 comments)
20: What if aliens came and no one noticed? (10 comments)
21: 30 more pages 'til the Bird! (4 comments)
22: In case you're looking for me in the next 8 days... (5 comments)
30: Back! (9 comments)
31: Done! (9 comments)
September
05: WAH! (19 comments)
07: Just about caught up... (8 comments)
08: Aw crap, another day's gone! (7 comments)
09: Prepare for... Ludicrous Speed! (8 comments)
10: Multi-taskers R Us (10 comments)
12: And it's away! (2 comments)
14: Sticks, Bingo, and Scrags (6 comments)
16: Wind, rain, coffee (6 comments)
16: Niven, Bujold, Asimov, Ellison, Resnick... Jasper??? (10 comments)
18: Gettin' windy... (15 comments)
19: Other worlds... other styles... (11 comments)
21: Bring me W32.Swen.A@mm's head on a platter. (7 comments)
22: Got a short-short horror story in you? (9 comments)
23: Goofy numbers (7 comments)
25: Recovering... (6 comments)
25: Ain't no witches here... (7 comments)
26: Fruitcake answered: "I don't take requests!" (6 comments)
27: Done revising, at last! (6 comments)
29: That wasn't decaf!!! (10 comments)
29: In other news: The October Novel Dare (7 comments)
October
01: Day One: Already behind... (6 comments)
02: Life twists and turns like a... twisty... turny... thing.... (14 comments)
07: Cubs and Sox and Bugs and Crock Pots (11 comments)
08: Link of the Day (3 comments)
13: Mulch ado about nothing (0 comments)
15: Manning the home fires... (3 comments)
15: Okay, that does it. (10 comments)
17: Friday already? (9 comments)
19: More home fires... (6 comments)
23: My section of the road to hell has been paved... (16 comments)
24: Two nice things about being between jobs: (14 comments)
27: Pitch this!!! (22 comments)
28: To Richmond and Back Again (4 comments)
28: Don't read this if you're not going to World Fantasy this weekend... (26 comments)
29: Hey, I've got a book for sale at Amazon. Who knew? (12 comments)
29: All alone in the shopping ma-all, I can no longer shop happily... (8 comments)
30: WFC: Thursday on the Train (0 comments)
31: WFC: October in the Writing Chair (1 comments)
November
01: WFC: Emerging from the Cave (2 comments)
02: WFC: Sunday on the Train (4 comments)
03: WFC: Recovery, New Directions (10 comments)
05: Back to the Novel-Writing Biz (8 comments)
06: Writer's Notes: Recipe for a Good Writing Day™: (4 comments)
06: Gunning for the Buddha: The Collection (28 comments)
09: A day late and back from Myrtle (2 comments)
10: Read these stories! (6 comments)
12: Full-time Ficton Writer, that's me. (6 comments)
13: Runnin' the Numbers (2 comments)
15: What I liked about the last Matrix movie. (11 comments)
17: Remembering Mark Siegel (4 comments)
17: Quick Catch-Up (5 comments)
19: "And now is the time on Sprockets when we dance." (21 comments)
21: A man, a computer, a coffee maker, and two scenes left to rewrite (5 comments)
22: A week without typing! (12 comments)
December
02: A week of sand and wind and sun (with photos) (6 comments)
02: World Fantasy flashback (with photos) (11 comments)
02: December Novels (no photos!) (7 comments)
07: The Road to the Tower... (8 comments)
13: My Ent Wife is a Numenorean! (6 comments)
19: Return of the King -- thoughts... (3 comments)
29: Belated Xmas Tale (3 comments)
31: 2003: The Year in Review (6 comments)
