Month: May 2014
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60,608
So the first draft of the next book is done. I sent a copy to John to read, and I will now let it ferment a bit before I start the next pass. It’s in pretty rough shape right now. I think the plot is there, and there’s a lot I like about it, but…
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Dig your own hole
Busy. Busy. Busy. I have been trying to finish this next book. I usually write 500, 1000 words a day, and the last few days have been 3000, 4000 word days as I rush to complete this thing before vacation. I had a goal, according to my outline, of 55,000 words, and I hit that…
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Programs that don’t exist that I wish I had
I think of stupid software every day that doesn’t exist, and I waste too much time trying to find it. I should just start a blog of all of it, and hope someone steals the ideas and writes them. Or, I should really learn to program, quit my job, get a bunch of funding, and…
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Two for two
I’ve spent far too much time at Guitar Center in the last few days, and too much time at UPS in the last week or two. I’m in the middle of a long bass guitar arbitrage situation that will eventually end up dropping two (or three) basses and netting another two. First was the massive…
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Review: Call Me Burroughs by Barry Miles
It feels like I’ve read too many Burroughs bios lately. I just checked the shelf, and there are a dozen and a half of them, and that wasn’t something I planned. I’m not writing a dissertation or making this my life’s work. I think it was because Road to Interzone came out and then went out…
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The long walk to W384 Intensive Writing
I love it when it’s cool in the early morning after a hot day. There’s a certain charge in the air that’s unexplainable, not just the relief from the heat, but a somnolent, undisturbed feeling. It was 83 yesterday, and I woke up to 55, and it was wonderful, even if it will be back…