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  • Firewater’s Vignette #6: Halloween at the Boneyard October 31, 2026
  • On What Horror Is (I ain’t afraid of no ghosts) October 29, 2026
  • Them — warning: this is about pronouns not about giant mutant ants October 27, 2026
  • In the Writers Room (with Firewater) #26: What to Write? October 25, 2026
  • Trigger (not a post about Roy Rogers’ horse) October 23, 2026
  • “The Edge,” by Firewater — a short story October 21, 2026
  • \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Episode 22: “Becoming (Part 2)” (airdate: Tuesday, May 19, 1998): Part 3 of 3 October 19, 2026
  • Face Blindness—My Wife’s Affliction (and my antithetical condition) October 17, 2026
  • GIGO (Or, a brief digression about management science, inputs and outputs, creativity and whether or not I’m destined to produce only garbage) October 15, 2026
  • Let’s Build a Playlist! October 13, 2026
  • Going to the Movies (with Firewater) October 11, 2026
  • 10-List: Ten More Wise Quotes from Modern Successful Standup Comedians October 9, 2026
  • Scatterbrained October 7, 2026
  • \m/15-Minute Hellmouth\m/: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Episode 22: “Becoming (Part 2)” (airdate: Tuesday, May 19, 1998): Part 2 of 3 October 5, 2026
  • Looking Forward (October 2026): A Detour into Psychedelia October 3, 2026
  • 10 Years After . . . a nostalgic linguistic side-trip October 1, 2026
  • Journal of a Novel: WIP Update: Act I Completed September 29, 2026
  • 10-List: King of the Nerds September 27, 2026
  • In the Writers Room (with Firewater) #25: Slow Down, You Crazy Child September 25, 2026
  • Rack ‘Em Up – (Or a brief digression about functional alcoholism, failed marriages and—-oh, yeah—my history with the game of pool) September 23, 2026

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Hiatus (how I spent my summer vacation)

Just to recap the novel-writing process that has produced the best results for me in recent years. First, I tell myself the story in a bout of lawless freewriting I call the discovery draft. Most writers would probably call it an outline or a rough draft, even though it’s clearly neither. And both. Then I […]

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