For the last two years in December, I have written a ‘Year in Review’ post, and here is this year’s. The main purpose of the original post was to convince myself that although I had not published my first novel, nor even got an agent, I had achieved something in the sphere of writing. ThisContinueContinue reading “Year In Review 2024”
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Year In Review 2023
Last year in December I wrote a ‘Year in Review 2022’, the main purpose of which was to convince myself that although I had not published my first novel, nor even got an agent, that I had achieved something in the sphere of writing. As we close out 2023 I thought I would do itContinueContinue reading “Year In Review 2023”
Fyrecon
I have attended a few conferences over the last year (Worldcon, Boskone, Readercon) and each have had their unique aspects. This past weekend I had the chance to attend Fyrecon, which was again different and I thought I would write a few thoughts about my experience. To start Fyrecon, though it used to be inContinueContinue reading “Fyrecon”
You Had me at Halo
So what on Earth is this blog and that title about? It’s about developing a one liner for your novel. Something that you can use as a hook that intrigues, but also informs people what your novel is about. You may never get to use it, but I will say at Chicon I ran intoContinueContinue reading “You Had me at Halo”
Year In Review 2022
As we close out 2022 I thought I would write a short blog on my writing journey this year. Both achievements and set-backs. And while there certainly have been a few of the latter, I will say I am quite proud of all I have done, even if it has not yet produced the desiredContinueContinue reading “Year In Review 2022”
Chicon8!
I just registered. I’ve been to a lot of conferences – physics conferences, geology conferences, natural sciences conferences, student conferences, human rights conferences, medical conferences, and pharmaceutical conferences (amongst others). But this is my first SFF conference and I can honestly say I’ve never been quite as excited to go to any conference as IContinueContinue reading “Chicon8!”
Gideon P. Smith 