Journal Entries for 2006
Journal Entries for 2005
April
02: Hello there (1 comments)
04: A writer's hours (1 comments)
05: Brainstorm (2 comments)
06: Brainstorm II or Light Drizzle? (0 comments)
07: The power of persistence (0 comments)
08: I guess it's a living (0 comments)
11: Spinning my wheels (0 comments)
12: Promo Man (2 comments)
13: Sacral stimulation? (2 comments)
14: Fragility (1 comments)
15: Every hopeful... (0 comments)
18: Two book contract? (2 comments)
19: When your life is like asteroids... (0 comments)
20: Shifting gears (0 comments)
21: You call this work? (2 comments)
22: Maybe it's scurvy... (0 comments)
23: Michigan weather (2 comments)
24: Please stop snowing... (0 comments)
25: Though he works from sun to sun... (0 comments)
26: Bawk, bawk, bawk, bawk... (2 comments)
27: When you're hot... (3 comments)
28: Darwin should have warned me... (1 comments)
29: Anticipating freefall (2 comments)
30: Considerations (0 comments)
May
02: Monday blah, blah, blah, blah (0 comments)
03: Yesterday's timeline... (0 comments)
04: Patience, grasshopper! (1 comments)
05: The Kobayashi Moru Scenario (1 comments)
06: Expanding and contracting pov elements (1 comments)
09: a'comin' & a'goin' (2 comments)
10: Hold your breath with the hero on TV... (0 comments)
11: energy = mass times velocity (2 comments)
12: Flogging the perpetual dream... (0 comments)
13: Project Greenlight thoughts (0 comments)
16: Fuzzy around the edges... (3 comments)
17: The writer as juggler... (2 comments)
18: Pen to paper (4 comments)
19: Want to stick your fingers in the wounds, Thomas? (2 comments)
20: a little bit more ooomph! (3 comments)
23: This writing disease... (0 comments)
24: Timeline... (4 comments)
25: seiu form or flurry for a writer (0 comments)
26: skimming the waves (0 comments)
27: Contemplating the business... (3 comments)
31: Whelmed (3 comments)
June
01: The next Harry Potter? (1 comments)
02: The truth about book promotion... (8 comments)
03: Succumbing to the Evil Empire (1 comments)
05: bye-bye, baby, bye-bye (2 comments)
06: Out of a barren wasteland... (5 comments)
07: Off the cuff interviewing (2 comments)
08: Pesky article from hell (2 comments)
09: burning up the phone (3 comments)
10: Oooh baby, can I test your software... (3 comments)
13: Magic words (0 comments)
15: I am deeply jealous (0 comments)
16: Maybe the muses are real (0 comments)
17: Are we a success yet? (2 comments)
20: On lecturing Eric... (4 comments)
21: Writing as performance art? (4 comments)
22: Mongo Bizarro in a good way ... I think (2 comments)
23: When in doubt, write up your schedule... (1 comments)
24: Contemplating Vilfredo Pareto (3 comments)
27: The delete key (3 comments)
28: Doubting Thomas (0 comments)
29: Dicking around (0 comments)
30: Movie deal? (0 comments)
July
01: Wearing my grungiest shorts (2 comments)
11: is it uphill or downhill from here? (3 comments)
12: do your dreams have a narrator? (2 comments)
13: Quitting writing to work for Psychic Friends (1 comments)
14: Smacking the pope upside the head (3 comments)
15: The Pudgy Puppy of Doom (0 comments)
18: I R A Riter (0 comments)
19: Is blogging worth the time and energy? (5 comments)
20: Sliding on a ray of hope (7 comments)
21: Selling shit in tinfoil (5 comments)
22: This blogger addiction (3 comments)
25: To-Do Lists (0 comments)
25: 2 degrees of separation (5 comments)
26: Pacing obsessions (5 comments)
27: Writing 101: Verbs (4 comments)
28: gadget characterization (2 comments)
28: Mark Terry interview Joe "JA" Konrath--right here (2 comments)
29: Writing 101: Active Description (4 comments)
August
01: For love or money (4 comments)
02: The Serpent's Kiss (4 comments)
03: productivity (6 comments)
04: Author Envy (8 comments)
05: Writing 201: Business Essentials (8 comments)
08: Writing Arrogance (17 comments)
09: Congratulations to Joe (0 comments)
09: Mark's Brother Gives His Perspective! (8 comments)
13: A Bedtime Story for Aspiring Writers (10 comments)
14: Cleaning out the library (4 comments)
15: Finding the drama: thoughts on commercial versus literary fiction (5 comments)
16: Writing 101: Point of View (0 comments)
17: Writing 101: Point of View--Part 2 (0 comments)
18: Writing 101: Point of View--Part 3: Limited 3rd Person (0 comments)
18: Writing 101: Point of View, Part 3A--Third Person (1 comments)
19: Writing 101: Point of View, Part 4--First Person (1 comments)
21: Exiting the blogosphere? (5 comments)
22: Fiction is not reality (4 comments)
23: diverse perversity or perverse diversity (6 comments)
24: A strong defense (3 comments)
25: 3 Parts Writing Career (1 Part Tequila?) (12 comments)
26: Writing 101: The Power of the "Thwart" and lessons from "The Lord of the Rings" (2 comments)
29: To market, to market (6 comments)
30: TRY WARMER DREK (4 comments)
31: the trouble with organic writing (5 comments)
September
01: the joy of freelancing (3 comments)
02: Writing 301: Getting An Agent (12 comments)
04: you're fired! (3 comments)
05: balance (2 comments)
06: flexible (2 comments)
07: Writing 101: Physical Description (2 comments)
08: Mass Market Paperback Profits Plunge--Here's Why! (5 comments)
09: Another hat (1 comments)
12: Slowly getting the hang of book signings (5 comments)
13: Fishin' (5 comments)
14: waiting heals (2 comments)
15: oh ye of little faith (3 comments)
16: my glamorous life (3 comments)
19: In the nick of time (1 comments)
20: Writing 101: Tension (2 comments)
21: New math (12 comments)
22: book by book (3 comments)
23: 6 Steps to Becoming a Published Writer (8 comments)
26: raining frogs (2 comments)
27: I don't believe in writer's block ... really (12 comments)
28: It's a great gig if you can get it... (4 comments)
29: He's an evil genius (0 comments)
30: more (5 comments)
October
03: when in doubt (2 comments)
04: bring up the energy (2 comments)
04: Real Cool Data Dude (3 comments)
05: Maurice Overby (0 comments)
06: What authors live for (4 comments)
07: courting the muse (6 comments)
10: why don't you go ahead and ask (0 comments)
11: An Intermittent Hiatus (1 comments)
13: self-defense (8 comments)
14: My print-on-demand experience (2 comments)
16: Brand Names in Fiction (2 comments)
18: I love it when you tease me, baby... (3 comments)
20: Decisions, decisions (2 comments)
24: An Open Letter to Aspiring Writers (4 comments)
25: Taking a deep breath... (3 comments)
26: 3 elements of writing success: talent, persistence, luck (3 comments)
27: Mark's PITA-METER (5 comments)
31: Magna cum Murder, Part 1 (0 comments)
November
01: Magna cum Murder, Part II (0 comments)
02: Hard not to be excited... (4 comments)
03: The third element in the writer's life (3 comments)
03: Okay, I'm happy now. Satisfied? (3 comments)
04: what kind of cookies do you like? (3 comments)
07: Body of work (5 comments)
08: Writing Advice: How To Become a Fulltime Writer (2 comments)
09: Gunfire was my alarm clock (4 comments)
10: Where's the enemy? (8 comments)
13: Into everybody's life a little... (1 comments)
15: We're all wrong (3 comments)
16: Book marketing: wagging the dog (5 comments)
17: 2005 books I reviewed (2 comments)
18: Anatomy of a Book Talk (2 comments)
20: Well, it's what Eric said... (0 comments)
21: punching buttons (9 comments)
22: Outside Your Comfort Zone (2 comments)
23: This writer's questions to other professional writers (10 comments)
27: Trying to find the story (6 comments)
28: The dirty little secret of writers (5 comments)
29: that theme thing (2 comments)
30: the care and feeding of editors (2 comments)
December
01: letting the wind blow you (5 comments)
02: ah, the writer's life (1 comments)
04: interesting things that happened to me in 2005 (0 comments)
05: long chapters versus short chapters (4 comments)
06: the writing community--tolerance wanes (3 comments)
07: how close are you to your main character? (7 comments)
08: no easy solutions (3 comments)
09: snow day (8 comments)
12: my feet are cold (2 comments)
13: don't try this at home...especially mine (6 comments)
14: a few thoughts on queries (1 comments)
15: The Devil's Pitchfork--marketing plan (4 comments)
16: research (3 comments)
19: A Writer's New Year's Wish (0 comments)
20: writing goals (1 comments)
21: confidence game (4 comments)
23: Do you really want to be a writer? (6 comments)
27: productivity & discipline (0 comments)
28: Mandare quemquam litteris... (1 comments)
29: anything but the weather... (5 comments)
31: 365 days ahead (3 comments)
