My wife might argue with me about this, but I’m specifically talking about growing up as a writer. When I first started down the writing path I can honestly say I had visions of fame and glory. Mind you, those visions didn’t last very long as I started to research the entire writing life. All the research I did served to make me more paranoid about my own writing’s quality and the actual chances any of it would ever see the light of day. I (somehow) managed to get past the paranoia and self-doubt and kept writing. It wasn’t great, but it continued to get better. I began to submit the occasional piece. When I did so, I waited and […]
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Get Published Episode 26 – Writing Discussion with JR Murdock
JR Murdock is a Author and podcaster. He has written 9 novels and over 100 short stories, several of which are in print. He and I have a lot of commonalities in our writing journeys and we thought it might be fun to talk about what has worked and what hasn’t. It’s a fun conversation that I think you’ll enjoy. I’m also very pleased to announce that the show has a sponsor. Paulette Jaxton is sponsoring several episodes. Paulette purchased the spot as part of “The Boom Effect” auction for Tee Morris’ daughter. You can find out more at http://empresssword.com/. Thanks for listening. -Michell Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published, Episode 26 – Writing Discussion with JR Murdock […]
Read moreGalaxyBillies – Episode 5
Before you ask, no, I didn’t purposely make you wait extra long for this episode because of all the cliffhangers in the last one. Honest. To do so would make me an overly evil bastard and, as my grandmother might have told you, I am nothing, if not angelic and considerate of everyone’s feelings. Now don’t you feel better knowing that? 🙂 In this episode we finally find out what has become of Jim Bob and we learn a bit more about Bobby John. We also have a new character show up to make things interesting. A couple things As many of you know, the auction for “The Boom Effect” took place on February 27, 2010 to raise money for […]
Read moreThere are days…
As much as I’d like to assert that my work life, home life and writing are all in a harmonious balance, the truth is that more often then not they clash. The battle for supremacy may not even be the toe-to-toe trench fighting for my available time or attention. Sometimes it’s an emotional thing. If I’m having a bad day at work it gets really tough to distance myself from that enough to write anything that isn’t tainted by those events. The same holds true for commitments outside of the work day. I’ve been doing Scouts AND Cubs since September. That dedicates a minimum of two nights per week every week to them. I enjoy doing it but it cuts […]
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