by Chris | Jan 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m now two weeks into writing my new novel from scratch. I still haven’t come up with names for the characters — they’re still just letters of the alphabet. This is probably a good thing because writing their names out longhand would...
by Chris | Jan 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m now a week into the challenge of writing the first draft of a new novel. If I don’t have it written by April 25, I’ve pledged to fork over $100 to an institution devoted to denying gays and lesbians the right to marry. Needless to say, putting money...
by Chris | Jan 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
As many of you know, I’m looking forward to publishing my second novel, “You Are Here,” by this summer. I now find myself itching to tackle a new project. But what to write? What characters, what plot to create? And can I really afford to devote...
by Chris | Jan 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
If my new novel gets off the ground, I’ll owe part of the success to the generosity of so many Bay Area writers who have provided me with an open forum in which I can read drafts of my work aloud and edit out what doesn’t work. One of these writers is one...
by Chris | Jan 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Since I’ve started adding posts to this blog I’m now getting inundated with spam — over 200 just yesterday. It feels like such a waste to throw it all out. Luckily, my friend Dan Cohen, a.k.a. The Sixty-Second Gourmet, has published a helpful,...
