Happy Holidays everyone! As a special treat, I am putting the first episode of my new podcast project into the feed. GalaxyBillies is the story of five hillbillies who are kidnapped by a semi-sentient starship. To say they take the universe by storm would be a MAJOR understatement. I was checking my notes a couple days ago when I was finishing the first episode and I realized I first had the story idea almost a year ago. It has taken a while to germinate, but I’m very happy with episode one (numbered episode 0). Have a listen and let me know what you think. If you like it, leave a comment and maybe feedback on iTunes. If you don’t, please […]
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Putting Yourself Out There
Whomever said “Without Risk, there can be no reward” was on to something. It is a saying that applies in spades to we writers. We can write as much as we want, but until we actually let someone see it, we have no idea if it is good, bad or indifferent. Indeed, I would argue that without making it available for critique we writers will never really grow in our craft. That sort of flies in the face of the “Practice makes perfect” mantra, but without feedback, we may get stuck writing the same stuff over and over. All that can do is solidify any mistakes we are already making. Granted, as we continue to write we probably start to […]
Read moreGet Published Episode 20 – Lynda Williams talks Writing
Welcome to episode 20 and Happy Anniversary to ‘Get Published’. I never expected to hit 20 shows this soon but it has been a lot of fun getting here. I am very happy to have Lynda Williams on the show today. Lynda is married with three children and works by day as an educational technologist at the University of Northern B.C. where she oversees an ever-changing pack of student employees in her web development lab. Lynda writes science fiction set in the “Okal Rel Universe” Enjoy. Get Published, Episode 20 – Lynda Williams talks Writing Show Notes 00:00 — Opening – Get Published, Episode 20 – Lynda Williams talks Writing Everything has to start somewhere and this is the start of […]
Read moreLet Your Mind Wander
The subconscious mind is an amazing thing. Have you ever been in the situation where you were trying to remember someone’s name or a word and a few minutes after you’ve given up, it pops into your mind? Happens to me all the time. I’ve noticed that my writing is being done subconsciously too at times. I get my characters in a bind and I can’t think of a good, logical way to get them out of it. I walk and I think and I try different things but nothing works. Then, out of the blue, an idea hits me that is so freaking awesome I wonder why I never thought of it sooner. In the past I thought it […]
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