When I started this blog, it was with Blogger. Six months later, I migrated all my posts and comments to WordPress, and I have never looked back. A friend of mine did the same thing, and I started thinking. I have never heard of someone migrating the opposite direction: from WordPress to Blogger. Why? Because despite… Continue reading Blogger vs. WordPress: My Experience With Both
Category: Writing
Blogathon 2k10!
It’s almost like I thought writing a novel and preparing an academic presentation were not enough for a single month, so I decided to take on yet another writing challenge: WordCount’s 3rd Annual Blogathon. The rules are simple: blog every day. Seven days a week for the entire month of May. I figure that with… Continue reading Blogathon 2k10!
Writing My Novel: It Has Begun!
Today is the first day of the rest of my life. How about that? Well, more accurately, and less clichéd, today is the first day after finals, which means that today is the first day I get to sit down and treat writing my novel like it is work. As I write this, my manuscript… Continue reading Writing My Novel: It Has Begun!
Writing My Novel: Midlist or Bust
My goal in life is to make a living by writing. I don’t aspire to be a breakout New York Times Bestseller. I’d love it, don’t get me wrong. But I’m not setting out for that. I’m no James Joyce with pretentions of being the next big literary author, either. I don’t even want to… Continue reading Writing My Novel: Midlist or Bust
Writing My Novel: The Plan
Two things: I now have 16,000 words of my novel drafted. I like to think of that as being a milestone. Rejoice. And I have decided that my summer plans for fiction now include writing tie-ins to my novel as well as drafting the manuscript itself. But wait. I know what you’re thinking: “He’s talking… Continue reading Writing My Novel: The Plan