Escaping Bat Country and Stealing Your Dreams With It

Last night I submitted "Geeks Gone Amok" for the Scalzi/Wheaton fanfiction contest.

At ten cents a word, I felt obligated to give it a go. The contest vexed me greatly, but I think I managed to get a few laughs. insatia didn't get the Scalzi jokes, which is OK. Fanfiction is for fans. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/05/30/fanfic-contest/

I also finished off "Recovery" last night. This story took me two years to write. I think it taps out at 2,400 words. I was inspired by this story: http://www.impactlab.com/2007/12/01/indonesian-tree-man-has-bark-like-growths/

insatia poked me again and reminded me that it is time for me to start my next novel.

I wrote Abigail's Dragon / Dreams in the Dragon's House from 2006 to 2007.

I wrote Dylan and the Dream Pirates from 2008 to 2009.

It is time for a new story. The problem is that I have something like eight different and interesting (to me at least) concepts and ideas. I've spent a month going back and forth trying to figure out which one to tackle next.

Last night, I remember the writing exercise I used for the Short Story group. I'm going to take a week and write as many first paragraphs for a book that I can for each of the various ideas that I have in my brain and the one that excites me the most shall be the one. And with any luck, I'll write this one much faster.

Escaping Bat Country and Stealing Your Dreams With It

Last night I submitted "Geeks Gone Amok" for the Scalzi/Wheaton fanfiction contest.

At ten cents a word, I felt obligated to give it a go. The contest vexed me greatly, but I think I managed to get a few laughs. insatia didn't get the Scalzi jokes, which is OK. Fanfiction is for fans. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/05/30/fanfic-contest/

I also finished off "Recovery" last night. This story took me two years to write. I think it taps out at 2,400 words. I was inspired by this story: http://www.impactlab.com/2007/12/01/indonesian-tree-man-has-bark-like-growths/

insatia poked me again and reminded me that it is time for me to start my next novel.

I wrote Abigail's Dragon / Dreams in the Dragon's House from 2006 to 2007.

I wrote Dylan and the Dream Pirates from 2008 to 2009.

It is time for a new story. The problem is that I have something like eight different and interesting (to me at least) concepts and ideas. I've spent a month going back and forth trying to figure out which one to tackle next.

Last night, I remember the writing exercise I used for the Short Story group. I'm going to take a week and write as many first paragraphs for a book that I can for each of the various ideas that I have in my brain and the one that excites me the most shall be the one. And with any luck, I'll write this one much faster.