Words of Redemption

Photo By: restlessglobetrotter
NaNoWriMo is tomorrow. So, if you’re considering diving in, or already have, here are a few tips that helped me last year:
1) Meaningless dialogue that would NEVER EVER EVER make it into a published novel can do wonders for your word count.
“What did you have for dinner?”
“For dinner?I had the Chicken Stew that [...]

NaNoWriMo 2008 is just around the corner. As in tomorrow.
I gotta admit, I’m equal parts excited, scared and wondering what the heck I’m thinking.
Most of you will likely recall that this crazy experiment of me pretending to be a writer started with NaNoWriMo 2007 and has continued on over the last year with [...]

He’s a quick study, what can I say?
I couldn’t resist…

Photo by botheredbybees

Late last week, I got word that Niteblade Magazine wants to publish Guzman’s Labyrinth in the March 2009 issue.
Being that this blog is primarily about my wandering journey into writing, I thought it was worth mentioning.
I’m certainly pretty excited…
You might remember Guzman’s Labyrinth from a Write What You See [...]

Yesterday, Sarah and I had THE ultrasound. The one where we find out the sex of the baby.
So, not only are we having a boy1 but the little guy already has his competitive spirit about him if the above photo is any indication.
Just put a Spurs foam finger on that bad boy and we’ll be [...]

Today is Blog Action Day, a day when thousands of bloggers come together to discuss a single issue.
Today that issue is poverty.
For my post on this blog, I’ve chosen to re-post a story I wrote for the Compassion Blog about the first time I met Ana Maria, a little girl from the Dominican Republic who [...]

So you already knew that Sarah and I are having a baby in March of next year.1
That’s one.
If we’re not friends on Facebook or Twitter, or if you use both of these far less than I do, you might not know that I just changed jobs. Just as in Friday was my last day at [...]