NaNoWriMo 2010 Winner!

You can verify your win today on the NaNoWriMo website. I just ran my verification and was validated as a winner for 2010: Now that I’ve verified my win, I’m about to tackle my 2,000 words for today. Remember: I’m aiming for 90,000 words by December 15 so I still have quite a way to [...]

My long holiday weekend plan

Since everyone has been posting what they will be doing this Thanksgiving weekend here is my plan: Wednesday Head home early Clean up the house a bit Work on more fixes for the novel outline Write Chapter 24 Arlington Writers Group meetup at 7pm Thursday Early morning writing (Chapter 25) Last-minute house-stuff Thanksgiving with friends: [...]

Harry Potter and the Unoriginal Previews

Kelly and I had a chance to see the latest Harry Potter installment recently. It is the first time I’d been to the movies in many months. I enjoyed the movie despite its cliffhanger ending and having to wait a while to find out what happens. (I only read the first book and I’ve managed [...]

NaNoWriMo 2010 Days 22-23 (Win+3)

I didn’t manage to do any writing on Monday or Tuesday because I was in New York attending various writer events. That is really just an excuse, of course. In reality it was a combination of the fact that I “won” the competition which takes off some of the pressure (I wish it didn’t), laziness [...]

The SFWA Author and Editors Reception

I wrapped up my Monday evening by attending my first Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America annual author and editor reception at Planet Hollywood in Times Square. I’d invited my brother-in-law, Jason, to the event and in a rather ironic twist, he–the copy editor who makes commercials–walked away with an agent’s card. But I [...]

A Codexian dinner

On Monday evening, I finally got to meet in person several members of the Codex Writers’ group who, until that time, I’d only met online. We met at the Aspen Social Club near Times Square, and by the time I arrived, most of them were already there: Lawrence M. Schoen and his wife Valerie, Alethea [...]

My first editorial lunch in NYC

On Monday, I had my first lunch with an editor in New York City. I headed down to the offices of Dell Magazine and met Dr. Stanley Schmidt, editor of Analog Science Fiction in person for the first time. We sat in his office and chatted for a while while we waited for others to [...]

A Sunday drive to Bronxville

Yesterday, we drove the new car up to Bronxville where we are staying with Jen and Jason while I attend the variously Writerly Events I have scheduled for today in New York City. We left at 8am and stopped in New Brunswick to meet Kelly’s cousins for brunch at a place called Old Man Rafferty’s. [...]

NaNoWriMo 2010 Day 21 (Win+1)

This morning was the first morning that I did not make my personal quota of 2,000 words, and it is probably no coincidence that it happened the day after I “won” the event. Some of the pressure is off. I finished up the morning with 1,875 words, still well above the NaNoWriMo pace, for a [...]

NaNoWriMo Day 20: THE WIN!

With less than a thousand word to go to “win” the NaNoWriMo event, I figured I’d throw in an afternoon session to push myself past the milestone. I wrote one new scene that added 1,109 words–which gives me a 20-day total of 50,159 words, and which officially pushes me over the 50,000 word-mark. For the [...]

New rug

Kelly picked up our new area rug for the TV room this morning and I installed it while she and Zach were out at Gymboree. Here it is:

NaNoWriMo 2010 Day 20 (morning session)

I managed a rather unexpected 2,508 words this morning in a mere 90 minutes, which surprised me, but which I think is due in part to a mid-course correction I made yesterday, which I will discuss in due course below. This morning’s session brought me to a 20-day total of 49,050 words. When I wrapped [...]

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Home and in bed. Post on Nebula Weekend, day 1 will have to wait because I am beat! #Nebs2012 5 hours ago
Ran into Stan Schmidt as I was leaving the hotel. Heading home from a fun evening at #Nebs2012 6 hours ago
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Just finished a fun interview with @NancyFulda for @sfsignal. 10 hours ago
Heading back to my office to park the car, and then I'll be walking over to the #Nebs2012 hotel. 11 hours ago
RT @NancyFulda: Attention VA residents: It's not too late to plan for the #nebs2012 signing session. Snag a date to impress with how man ... 14 hours ago
Heading off to get ready for the Nebula Weekend. Have some things to do first. Should arrive at the hotel around 4pm. #nebs2012 15 hours ago
@lesleysmith Some people post videos (with permission, of course). I'll see if I can find out... 15 hours ago
@lesleysmith Of course! :-) 15 hours ago
@lesleysmith It does sound fascinating and it's good a good set of panelists to go along with it. Should be fun. 16 hours ago