I had a lot of ideas about how I wanted to approach today’s post which goes to show how conflicted I’m feeling right now. You see, yesterday I attended the funeral of a friend and former colleague and it really got me thinking. Now before you ask, no, he wasn’t my best friend. He wasn’t even a friend who I spoke to every week. But he was the type of friend that you can see after a long absence and just pick up where you left off. We had a real rapport and we always had a laugh together. It would be very easy to slip to bitterness and anger about the accident. A drunk driver hit the vehicle Alex was […]
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Writing on a Rollercoaster
It has been a tumultuous week for me. I had the priviledge of interviewing J.C. Hutchins for ‘Get Published’ (GOOD) only to discover that half of the audio is incomprehensible and J.C. is booked solid for the next while (BAD). I am going to try and transcribe the dialogue and re-record it myself, but honestly, how good will a conversation between the same voice be? I’m planning to adjust the voice on J.C.’s side of the conversation just to actually make it sound like a conversation, but still. Then my wife badly injures her hand (VERY BAD) and we spend the next 6+ hours in emergency. Now, just to be clear, I don’t get upset by that sort of thing […]
Read moreGet Published, Episode 10a – Interview with JC Hutchins (Pt 1)
Hello Everyone. What better way to celebrate my 10th episode than to have an interview with J.C. Hutchins? J.C., as always, had a great deal to say about his publishing journey so I know you’ll enjoy the discussion. I also took the opportunity to add a voicemail line to the podcast (206.339.1258) and I’ve added some additional features to spruce things up a bit. Enjoy. Get Published, Episode 10a – Interview with JC Hutchins (Pt 1) Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published, Episode 10a Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of “Get Published” 0:14 — Introduction – Show #10a: Pt 1 of Interview with J.C. Hutchins Welcome to the show. 00:48 — Promos: […]
Read moreGet Published, Episode 9 – Special Episode
Hello Everyone. It is with a certain amount of nervousness that I present this episode. You see, I’m away on holidays but I didn’t want to leave you hanging. What to do? I decided that maybe it was high time I put a piece of my fiction up. The story is one that I wrote about 10 years ago. It was originally done to “study” the world I was creating for my first novel. I wanted to get an understanding of how the culture worked, gods and so on. It seemed pretty good when I finished it and I ultimately sent it out to a magazine. Thus it became my first rejection. Recording it, I have realized just how far […]
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