First a quick note: Back on the No S Diet, which is basically aimed at not eating like a monster. So far, so good for 2014. Second update: Not even halfway into January and I’m already behind on the million words of fiction plan. But that’s okay, it’s only the first two weeks of January. I’ve got all year to… Read more »
My goal this year is pretty high: A million words of fiction, in twelve months. That’s just under 85,000 words a month, or dangerously close to two NNWMs. In true fashion, I’m already behind. But the goal is possible until December 31st. Hopefully by January 31st, I’ll actually get to 85,000 words — and 170k by the end of February…… Read more »
The White Dames — free Christmas through the full five days. The Boots Are Red — On sale using the new scaling deals Amazon offers. The Boots Come Off — On sale as well. The Five — also on sale. All through the full length of what Amazon will allow. Give me a read; give me a review!
One thing that has helped me lately with hitting my goals: Writing everywhere. I’ve always carried a notepad with me, small and pocket sized — and I’ve used it for notes I think up. But not a whole lot of writing related stuff. Until lately. Now, I’m sketching out fictional crime scenes. I’m writing notes, thoughts — thoughts from the… Read more »
Unedited: Chapter One I stood under an oak tree in the cemetary, the smoke of my cigar rising up all around me. Everyone else had left, going to the dinner at my parents, or to go about their Saturday. But I stayed, with my brother, smoking one last cigar with him. I looked over at his headstone. Twenty-two, top of… Read more »
So there you are. You’re ready to write. You’ve done all the stuff you need to do in order to get there — no more distractions. All you have to do is write the great ideas you’ve had all day. But… nothing comes. You just can’t. You’re out of it. You must be going insane to have lost all that… Read more »
Mad Men is an interesting show. Leaving aside what I feel about the show itself and individual characters and story arcs, one thing that is fascinating: Seeing people smoke inside. Everyone does it and they do it most of the time. I, of course, was not alive in the 1960s. But it astounds me to see it depicted as such…. Read more »
After a few starts and restarts, work is under way on Book 3 of Cigars and Legs. It is as of yet untitled. There was going to be a different book between 2 and 3, but I did not feel that it was going to be interesting enough to finish writing, let alone asking people to read it. Book 3… Read more »
While we here at Cigars and Legs are big fans of most sports and other forms of competition, one of our favorite is the sport of hockey. Partially because it’s the craziest sport — men hit a piece of rubber around with sticks, all the while skating on ice. It has a certain level of impressiveness to it. A rough… Read more »
I’ve started a Kickstarter campaign to help fund getting the second, third, and fourth books of the Sword of Nalin series published. You can check it out right here at the Kickstarter page. Give me money, get others to as well! Also, The Five is free on March 12th-16th. Check it out! Tell everyone you know. Even the people you… Read more »