Time flies when you are having fun! Ok, maybe not, but the time certainly has gone by since my last post here. It’s partly because work has been busy, as well as an extended vacation at the end of June. Either way, I am her to right the ship, so to speak. Even though I have been a bit of a ghost on Paul-Kohler.net, I have been active. Very active actually. I just tallied up my first 6 months of writing this year, and they … Read more
I have to say, K-Mart one-up’d everyone on that ad. Too funny. I’m not sure how likely I will be to go shop there, even after the ad, but it certainly is garnering a lot of internet chatter. Good for them. Now, I’m off to ship my pants!
After almost 2 weeks of layout adjusting and tweaking, I am now ready to introduce my latest blog project. It’s not really a “blog”, but a site where anyone can drop in and write some Ten Minute Fiction, on the daily provided writing prompts. I’ve been to a few of these kind of sites, and I think I took the best of each of them. Now, I offer you all Ten Minute Fiction. Please share with all your friends. Shout from the mountain tops if … Read more
Small update on my novel progress. Not much to update. I actually haven’t written a word for some time. I have added/adjusted all the scenes in part 1, and I am happy to say it will flow much better now. I was really having trouble getting my mind around things in the early part of the story. All worked out now! As I get even remotely closer to wrapping up the initial writing for part 1, I have started looking at editors. Having no other … Read more
I really did want to keep writing yesterday, but there is not enough time in the days. I really cannot believe that I wasted 18 months of being unemployed without really pushing the writing thing. What the hell was I thinking? I would SO love to have those 18 months right now, and I would seriously make a push for getting my books (YES PLURAL) published. I want to write on each and every one of the tales I have to tell, but I know … Read more
I had quite the revelation last night. For the last few weeks, ever since I had decided to write in the CampNaNoWriMo in April, I have been struggling with a huge problem. Which of my many story ideas to write on? I have a number of them, and although I will write each and every one of them, I could not decide which of them to roll with this April. Should it be the one in the bomb shelter? Should it be the one where … Read more
Why do I do this to myself? I load my life up with so much “stuff” and I wonder why I never have any time for myself… So, CampNaNoWriMo starts tomorrow, and I haven’t the foggiest idea what I am going to write about. I have a ton of story ideas to rol with, but not a single one of them are jumping out at me, saying “WRITE ME!”. I have a few that do keep coming into my mind, but they both need so … Read more
Today, I found a new trick to use with my writing. First, let me back up and ‘splain a bit. With my decision yesterday, to write in the CampNaNoWriMo next month, I have decided to write for 30 minutes daily, non-stop. Certainly, I don’t mean my fingers are hitting keys at every second of the 30 minutes, but for 30 minutes, I have an appointment with myself and the keyboard. No phone calls. No internet or emails. No conversations. Nothing. In those 30 minutes, I … Read more
I have decided to give CampNaNoWriMo a go this year. I have participated in NaNoWriMo every year since 2002, and often wished it was multiple times a year, as opposed to just November. Camp NaNo is basically the same thing, but without all the whoopla. The plus with Camp NaNo is that fact that you can customize your word count goal. It’s not like 50,000 words is horribly tough to hit, but something a bit less would make success much easier to hit. In all … Read more
What a nice surprise the last week or so has been. On the 9th, I happened across an article in the Wall Street Journal on an author that, up until that point, I have never heard of. Hugh Howey. He is the author of several books, but his most recent success has been Wool. After reading the WSJ article, I hopped over to Amazon and picked up Part 1. I read it straight through in one sitting. I think it was around 11,000 words, and … Read more