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Challenges Coming Up
I Am Getting Closer to Setting Some For Myself… Since my challenge of publishing 67 major books in my 67th year failed so fantastically due to the life roll of a sudden move to Las Vegas (I will manage about 20 or so), I’ve been thinking about maybe doing 68 major published books for my 68th year. I have a little time to decide. I am also thinking of the crazy idea that came up in some comments a week back. “Living at Pulp Speed Five.” Writing ten finished novels in 100 days. Yeah, that is crazy, but could be great fun. And it would be a great nonfiction book…
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And the Streak Continues
Long, long, long day… Finally got everything out of the house, then drove six hours. Didn’t leave the coast until around 8 p.m., fell asleep (meaning I took a nap) in a store parking lot in Salem, then drove until 2 a.m. and am now in a nice room in a nice hotel. Tomorrow I will be rested, but tonight, for the blog streak, I am writing this filler. Back with a brain tomorrow. (And I don’t even have a cat picture to add tonight either… what is wrong with me? (Grin))
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The SF Plot Twist Bundle and Nifty Picture and Challenge
Tonight I Had Dinner With Some Writers… Here I go, headed into year seven with this blog. Tonight, Chris York, Steve York, Dan Duval, and I went out to dinner as I got ready to head out of town and Chris York wore a tee-shirt from 23 years ago. You see, Kris and I needed a ton of help 23 years ago to move to the coast. So our friends who helped got special tee-shirts that said, “What is worse than getting rejected by two magazines? Moving Them!” I was editing the first incarnation of Pulphouse and Kris was the editor of F&SF 23 years ago. How Chris York found…
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Six Years Without Missing A Day
A Blog Here Every Day for 2,190 Straight Days… Didn’t miss a one. Not one day, even with computer issues, web site issues, hospital stays, traveling, major move across country, death of friends. Not one day went by that I didn’t blab about something here, from important writing stuff to my cats and everything between. So here I sit, in my office in Lincoln City, doing this blog tonight. Not only does this mark six full years, but this is my last blog from this office. (No worry, I will keep the streak going until it breaks.) But tomorrow my desks and computers will be moved and this house will…
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Fun Day
Errands and Meetings and Fun Conversations… Day started off with errands since it was my first full day back in town. Then meetings at WMG and some planning out at the bookstore. Then a fun dinner with writers. Then a fun business meeting with even more writers. Then I worked in my office at WMG cleaning up business stuff until after 1 a.m. Home to watch some television and get some sleep now. I will answer email tomorrow. Damn I have a tough life. (grin) ———– (Blog Streak Day 2,180) ———- Found… The picture below is on the wall of my office that I am tearing apart. I will move…
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Back In Oregon
So Tired Tonight…. So this will be one of those filler posts to keep the blog streak alive. Kris knew I was going to be tired when I finally stopped, so she reminded me to do this on the phone as well as sent me a message. That folks, is the value of having your family involved with a streak and having them help you at times keep it going. Thanks, Kris. And wow do we have some great stuff coming up to announce. We are all really excited. How is that for vague? (I’m tired and been working on the new stuff all day as I traveled, on the…
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To Tired to Care
Not Sure Why I’m So Tired… But Kris laughs when I say that. Anyhow, got back this early evening from actually walking and doing a tad bit of running on the track for the first time, had a small dinner, and then fell asleep on the couch. Three or so hours later I woke up enough to watch a little television. I then did some email and now am writing this before heading off to bed. Exhausted. Seems all the moving and months of short night’s sleep and all the trips back and forth from the coast to Vegas have finally caught up with me. Night. (And once again I…
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Home In Vegas
Six Hours of Driving Today… Home, good dinner with Kris, catching up on email. So all is good. Got some fun idea for posts coming this week, so stay tuned. Monthly Regular Workshops… You can find them under Online Workshops to the right of this post. Sign up for July on Teachable.com. For credits or workshops beyond July, write me and pay through Paypal. Each regular workshop is 6 weeks long. Again, it will take you about three hours per week on your own pace to do each of these if you do the assignments. These are the starting dates of upcoming regular workshops. All have openings at the moment. Class…
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Day of Driving
Getting Closer to Las Vegas… Just a day of driving. The first two trips I drove to Vegas were in an older-model van, one non-stop with the cats. The last trip was driving a loaded uHaul truck. This trip I am in the Cadillac, taking it down to Vegas. This drive so far is easy and smooth, heaven compared to the first three. And mostly paid for by my tournament winnings. Back on regular schedule when I get home in Vegas tomorrow. So for tonight, from some hotel suite somewhere along some freeway, I say goodnight. And once again hit my daily blog challenge by saying really nothing at all.…
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A Wrap-Up Post on the Challenge
Back On The Oregon Coast… 30 stories done in April. That was the challenge, that is what happened. And that was with all the moving. Kris and I are in the process of moving from a huge house on the Oregon coast to a smaller place here on the coast and a condo in Las Vegas. Plus a bunch of stuff from the house has to go to the stores and warehouse. So a three-direction move. And I had a ton of work to do at WMG over the month. So why not write thirty stories square in the middle of all that? (Insanity check might have been called for.)…