January 29th, 2007 — blogging, editing, faith, publishing, writing
You may have noticed the title of this blog. GOOD word editing.
It’s a sort of play on my last name (Goodyear). And it’s an excuse to include that funny quote from Chesterton about shooting your grandmother in the top right. And I hope it implies that I’m a good editor. At least, I’m trying to be one.
“What does it mean to be a good editor?” you ask.
January 26th, 2007 — IVP, blogtipping, publishing, thehighcalling.org
Earlier this week, I sent people to Wayne Batson’s promotional video for his fantasy trilogy, The Door Within.
Today my friend Al Hsu, directed me to . . .
Dave Zimmerman’s promotional video for Comic Book Character.
January 25th, 2007 — editing, publishing, subject, writing
Here’s how it works when I go fishing. I put bait on a hook. I cast and wait, recast and wait, recast and wait. Hopefully, I catch a fish. It’s just a matter of patience usually.
Unless I’m fishing in dead water. I did that once when I was a kid . . .
January 24th, 2007 — CSFF, blogtipping, fantasy, speculative fiction
The blog tour is over. I know some of you readers tolerate these times when I indulge here. I just love fantasy and science fiction. In fact, to celebrate, I’m starting to read my new issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction tonight. (You can read six AWESOME stories for free online, right now.) One thing I think every aspiring CSFF writer should do is read good fantasy and science fiction. That magazine is a good place to start.
Tina Kulesa summed it up best. She wrote, “As a whole we don’t want to be preached at and we don’t want lip service paid to our favorite genre. We want the best. And Wayne Thomas Batson shows us that it’s all possible.”
I was also encouraged by Wayne’s admission that this first set of books was a thirteen year project. Whew! I thought I was slow here in year six or seven, but I’m not slow. I’m just impatient.
Thanks, Wayne for being the kind of person you are. And thanks to everyone on the tour:
Nissa Annakindt, Jim Black, Jackie Castle, Valerie Comer, Karri Compton, Frank Creed, Gene Curtis, Chris Deanne, Janey DeMeo, Tessa Edwards, April Erwin, Linda Gilmore, Beth Goddard, Todd Michael Greene, Leathel Grody , Karen Hancock, Katie Hart, Sherrie Hibbs, Sharon Hinck, Joleen Howell, Kait, Karen, K. D. Kragen, Tina Kulesa, Lost Genre Guild, Kevin Lucia, Kevin Lucia’s The Bookshelf Reviews 2.0 - The Compendium, Rachel Marks, Shannon McNear, Rebecca LuElla Miller, Caleb Newell, Eve Nielsen, John Otte, Robin Parrish, Cheryl Russel, Hannah Sandvig, Mirtika Schultz, James Somers, Stuart Stockton, Steve Trower, Speculative Faith, Daniel I. Weaver
January 22nd, 2007 — CSFF, fantasy, parenting, podcast, publishing
Kevin Lucia posted a wonderfully concise and helpful review over at his site. Kevin is careful to compare Wayne’s work to other YA series. He is writing YA after all–and doing so quite well. If you drop by Kevin’s site, be sure to check out Wayne’s promotional video. Dude, you are fearless!
January 22nd, 2007 — CBA, CSFF, fantasy, podcast, publishing, readers, speculative fiction, writing
It’s that time finally! The January Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog Tour. Whooo Hoo. I’m pumped. I’m excited. I’m proud to be a geek.
In preparation for this month, Wayne Batson and I created a little podcast on the phone: Good Word Editing Podcast #3 - Interview With a “Righteous Fantasy” Author! It’s exciting just to type out the title.
There’s a special treat at the end for READERS when Wayne reads ”The Betrayal,” a powerful excerpt from The Door Within—with voices and everything.Â
Wayne also talks about . . .
January 21st, 2007 — CSFF, fantasy, poetry, speculative fiction, writing
Tomorrow begins the next Christian Science Fiction and Fantasy Blog Tour. We’ll be focusing on the super cool and humble and now CBA best-selling writer Wayne Batson.
(He and I even recorded a little podcast interview about his YA books The Door Within, Rise of the Wyrm Lord, The Final Storm. I’ll post it here tomorrow, so don’t forget your ipod.)
In the spirit of all things fantastic, here’s a little poem to start the week. I hope it makes you smile.
January 20th, 2007 — uncategorized
You can read her five weird things over at Seedlings in Stone. Cher Chariot and Lightning Craver already responded, so I figured it was time to get on board. As per L. L. ’s odd rules, here are five odd things about me.
January 19th, 2007 — editing, parables, publishing, subject, writing
You read that right. Good writing sometimes sings, but it always stings. In addition to being a bad pun, that’s a reminder that we can’t forget to take risks in our writing. In fact, if we aren’t taking risks as writers, we might as well just stop.
Heck, sometimes we even have to take risks with new technologies like Gabcast, where you can hear me talking more about writing that takes risks. (I also share another great parable from Annie Dillard.)
Just this week, I was talking to a Texas real estate Czar and we got to talking about vulnerability. Vulnerability requires a strong, supportive community, he said. And by vulnerability he seemed to mean accountability. And by community he seemed to mean something like a bible study accountability group.
But I knew what he was talking about.
January 16th, 2007 — blogging, christianity, faith and work, parenting, publishing, writing
My alarm goes off at five. I get up. Flip on the coffee, stumble to the computer, and blink myself awake while the computer hums through its startup. I read a little of my work from the previous day and begin to fall into the clicking rhythm of creation.
When the coffee burbles, I go fill a mug and find my daughter standing in the hallway.
“Daddy, I’m scared,†she says. “Can you lay with me?â€
There are two kinds of writer’s block. Internal blocks and external.
I have external writer’s blocks. One of them is five years old.
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