Author: JRVogt

I checked on my WIP yesterday and found out I’m about a third of the way through already at a 30k word count. It might turn out longer, but it will have to develop that way. Not going to shove in more pages unless there really is a need for…

Nathan Bransford has gone crazy again and started up another first paragraph contest. Thursday is the deadline, so get your entries posted soon! When I entered, the count had already hit 686. This morning it’s up to 939. Yowza. That’s a lot of words to judge. Good luck, Nathan. http://nathanbransford.blogspot.com/2008/12/2nd-sort-of-annual-stupendously.html…

A big hat tip to The Swivet for pulling up all these great videos–Monty Python’s Science Fiction Sketch. Seems there might be a theme brewing this week. Yes, they’re cheesy, but that’s most of the fun. See how many science fiction cliches you can spot. I see that smile.  Subscribe…

A great short video to start the week with. Here, at the end of WWII, we have a Nazi experiment to develop a time travel serum, and the strange effects it has on the test subject and the guard tasked to watch over him. Enjoy. http://io9.com/5103095/nazi-experiment-gives-prisoner-trippy-time+travel-powers   Click through the…

Not what you think. I’m talking about faking an agent submission. What do I mean by that? Well, by now, most of us ought to know how the submission process works. In its simplest form, you start with a query, and if that is approved, you are usually invited to…

Part of me wonders if I’d stayed in New York, working for Simon & Schuster, whether I’d be feeling the publishing crunch like some people are these days. I loved working there, but there’s no guarantee that I’d still have a job right now. Especially considering news posts like this…

Since yesterday linked us up to stories summed up in one sentence, here’s another good afternoon-wastin’ site where writer and webcomic artist Geoffry Norman expounds on story plots that he never actually got around to writing–and he’s glad he didn’t. He explains where the idea came from and the reasons…

A fun site to whittle away your time on: http://onesentence.org/ People tell strange, funny, worrying, or downright bizarre stories in just one sentence. What would your sentence be? I see that smile.  Subscribe in a reader

Welcome back from vacation, everyone, and a merry December to ya. I hope the break was fun and restful, full of good food and time with family and friends. Perhaps even some good writing done? I’m a few scenes into the newest work, which I am enjoying so far. Still…

With this holiday week, I’m going to take a hiatus from the blog to refocus some energy on revisions, queries, and the beginnings of a new story. I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving break, however long it is for you, and we’ll see each other again on the other…