The only people who criticize writers are those who can’t write. I’m misappropriating the above quote a bit; probably the critics it’s referring to are the people who think of writers as lazy bums who muck about in coffeeshops, aimlessly browsing the internet, waiting for their muses to wake up—a pretty accurate description, actually, but […]
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10 Jan 12
Star Wars and storytelling
So much of my education as a writer can be boiled down to “Look how good Star Wars IV-VI are. Look how bad I-III are.” Christopher Hastings, creator of one of my favorite webcomics, The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, tweeted the above the other day. I thought it was a pretty great quote, because I’m […]
3 Nov 11
A good kind of crazy
Well, we’re now three days into NaNoWriMo, and if we’re keeping on schedule we should be somewhere in the vicinity of 5,000 words by midnight tonight. Whether you’re on track, a little behind, or way, way ahead already (you know who you are)-you should soundly congratulate yourself. This is a crazy venture, writing 50,000 words […]
27 Sep 11
Flannery O’Connor on literature
I know I’ve posted this quote before, but it bears repeating. Week before last I went to Wesleyan and read “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” After it I went to one of the classes where I was asked questions. There were a couple of young teachers there and one of them, an earnest […]
22 Sep 11
Tim O’Brien on storytelling
Tim O’Brien, the Pulitzer-Prize-nominated author of The Things They Carried, spoke at the University of West Georgia last night. The Things They Carried has been one of my favorite books since I read an excerpt from it (the chapter “The Man I Killed,” to be exact) in my freshman humanities class at Geneva College, so […]
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I'm an amateur military historian, a drinker of coffee and dry red wine, a cinephile, a hockey fan, a cat lady, and an all-around nerd. I like to travel. I also like books, philosophy, and political theory. I write historical fiction and fantasy, most of which deals with combat and conflict in the individual experience. My debut YA historical fantasy novel His Own Good Sword was released on 7 May 2013.
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