Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Five months ago, with Gods Tomorrow poised on the brink of publication, I brought my awesome photographers (Julie and Carlos of Julie V. Photography) to town to shoot some art for the cover. I made arrangements with our model, scouted locations, and put together a whole covershoot in the space of about a week. I [...]
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
NaNoWriMo is always a busy time of year, even without the 50,000 word commitment, and as my fourth NaNoWriMo kicks into gear I find myself halfway through the first semester of a graduate degree at the University of Oklahoma. I’m taking “Writing the Screenplay” which requires me to write a feature-length movie by mid-December, and [...]
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Also tagged A Curse Dark as Gold, Creative Writing, Die Trying, Elizabeth Bunce, First Lady, How to Train Your Dragon, Hunger Games, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, Lee Child, Master of Professional Writing, NaNoWriMo, Storytelling, The Cinderella Deal
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
A week and a half ago — Friday, October 1 — I was at work when I got a call from Trish. She could barely talk, she was so excited. She finally found the words, though. “Aaron…a package just arrived. I think it’s your book.” I wanted to shout, “Well what are you waiting for?!” [...]
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Also tagged Conflict Resolution Cycle, Creative Writing, Document Formatting, Editing, Gods Tomorrow, Julie Velez, NaNoWriMo, Publication, Revising, Storytelling, Technical Writing, Trish Pogue
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Friday, September 24, 2010
I’ve got to make an admission before I get too far into this topic, because there are just too many of you who know me in real life. I don’t really read a lot. Well…not a lot of books, anyway. I’m sure I spend 80% of my waking hours reading, but it’s far more likely [...]
Thursday, September 23, 2010
It’s time for another post about my dad. Before we dive in, let’s have a brief review: He’s an accomplished debater, and wins every fight with sheer Dadness He’s always been a natural storyteller He spent a long time wanting to write a book, and I spent a long time telling him he should Today’s [...]
