I know my subconscious is always working in the background. It tends to show itself in the form of remembering obscure facts or names. I will try to think of something, draw a blank and an hour or so later it pops into my head. Either my internal data retrieval system is very slow or I have so much useless data in my head that the search algorithm takes some time to complete. It also is very good at helping me work through story ideas, plotting and story problems. I give some thought to whatever element is troubling me, set it process and go about my other daily tasks. Sometimes I go for a walk to really focus on the […]
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Resetting the Clock
In the movie Pacific Rim, after every Kaiju attack the Marshall resets the clock. The clock is counting the time until the next attack. Before you start to panic, this isn’t exactly that kind of clock reset. No, the Kaiju that afflict me are less the 500-foot monster variety and more the, holy cow I’ve got a lot of clutter. In my case, the clutter takes the form of partially thought out projects, mostly complete projects, story ideas and so on. Every once in a while it makes sense to take a step back, list everything that I’m working on and reprioritize it all. Some of it becomes my immediate priority, others further down the line and still others might […]
Read moreWriting Process Blog Hop
I have been tagged by Robert Runte’ in a Blog Hop. That means I was interviewed about my writing process by Robert Runte’ my editor and friend here on my blog, because he was tagged and interviewed on his writing process on his blog by Joe Mahoney who was in turn tagged and interviewed on…well you get the idea. The chain is long and distinguished. Dr. Robert Runté is an Associate Professor at the University of Lethbridge. As an academic, editor, reviewer, and organizer, Robert has been actively promoting Canadian SF for over 30 years. He was a founding Director of NonCon, Context89,, and SF Canada; and has served on the Boards of the Edmonton Science Fiction and Comic Arts Society, On Spec […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 133 – Mark Leslie Lefebvre – What’s New?
I had the good fortune to meet Mark Leslie Lefebvre when I attended World Fantasy Convention in Toronto two years ago. I had heard Mark on other podcasts and knew a little about him. I was very happy to have the chance to talk with him during one of the evening parties. During that time, Mark was gracious enough to agree to come on Get Published. That was episode 97 if you would like to go back and listen. We talked about writing and publishing as tends to happen on this show. We also talked about Kobo and Kobo Writing Life. Why? Did I forget to mention that Mark is the Director of Self-Publishing and Author Relations at Kobo? Did […]
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