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Inaction

By On October 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In Musings

I’ve said many times that my biggest problem with writing is fear. But this morning I realized it goes beyond that. We’re all afraid. Being afraid is OK. In fact, the meaning of courage is not being unafraid, but acting even though you are afraid.

People flatter me frequently by saying they don’t know “how [...]

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Fear, Redux

By On March 3, 2011 · 12 Comments · In Free, Musings

I hate it when I realize something obvious. It’s like I am in a cocktail party and suddenly I see everyone is wearing fancy dress and I’m in ripped jeans. No one told me.

So this morning I realized that in some (OK, most…. OK, all…) of my projects I procrastinate and do a minimum [...]

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A new kind of fear. The worst kind of fear.

By On August 18, 2010 · 5 Comments · In Musings

I need to start a new book.

I’m not afraid of this book. There’s a white board beside my desk with mind mapping and a rough outline of this book. It’s a shorter, mid-grade book, so it shouldn’t take as long. I even have a working title I am happy with.

So. Why haven’t I [...]

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ISBW #144 – Level Up! / Ellen Datlow Interview / Matt Wallace is Bad Cop

By On March 31, 2010 · 1 Comment · In Featured, Good Cop Bad Cop, Interview, Podcast

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00:00:07 ISBW #144 00:00:53 State of the Mur: working on novella, other short fiction, pondering some self-publishing production expenses. 00:02:42 GoTo Meeting Message 00:03:18 Level Up! A geeky role-playing-games perspective on learning from your mistakes: failure gets [...]

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ISBW #143 – Cynicism / Don Vaughn Interview

By On March 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In Featured, Interview, Podcast

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0:00:06 ISBW #143 00:00:40 State of the Mur: working on various freelance projects, a novella currently titled “Marco and the Red Granny”, blogging/pocasting for Tor, ISBW and The Artist’s Way. 00:02:00 FEAR OF SUCCESS (topic inspired by

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ISBW #138 – New Years kick in the pants – Fear

By On January 8, 2010 · 8 Comments · In Featured, Podcast

Happy New Year!

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00:00:07 ISBW #138 00:00:39 GoTo Meeting Message 00:01:14 New Year’s Kick in the Pants: about failing to write/podcast because of fear. Recommended reading: author Matt Wallace [...]

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ISBW #130 LITE- Fear

By On September 12, 2009 · 4 Comments · In Lite, Podcast

I’m afraid.

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