Day three in my attempt to try a vegetarian lifestyle went just fine. Had a nice sampling of fruit for lunch, plus a peanut butter and jelly sandwich (haven’t had one of those since I was a kid!), and then another small salad for dinner. I could live on salads and soups for a long [...]
Archive for February, 2009
The 40 Day Vegetarian (Day Three) and Safari 4 Browser
Posted in Apple, The 40 Day Vegetarian, tagged crazy tabs, Firefox, House, Nike+, ratatouille, Safari 4 Browser, soda, Vegetarian, Vegetarianism on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
3 Hours Sleep, 4 Mile Run, 12 Hours of Video Editing, and Day 2 of a Vegetarian diet
Posted in Running, The 40 Day Vegetarian, tagged lack of sleep, ratatouille, Running, salad, Vegetarian, Vegetarianism on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m going to keep this short because I only slept for about 3 hours last night, after working on a video editing project until 6:30 AM. And then I got up and worked on it some more. Very happy with the results, at least.
It was a beautiful day, so I made sure not to miss [...]
The Perfect Title and the Perfect Sales Pitch
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged book, Jurassic Shark, logline, Meg, Novel, Query, sales pitch, Steve Alten, submissions. publishing, title on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m always pretty pleased with my titles. I actually refuse to start a story without a good title in mind these days, although the title can and often does change as the story is being written.
This is a rule I’ve lived by ever since I wrote my first novel in high school and then [...]
Nearing the Point of No Return on the new novel
Posted in Publishing, Writing, tagged a book per year, Agent, editor, New York publishers, point of no return, Publishing, Writing on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not going to get into details about my new novel so I don’t jinx myself, but I’m finally across the 5,000 word mark and things are starting to build. All of those loosely connected ideas and images I started with are falling into place and I’m falling in love with the story. Tonight I [...]
