R.J. Theodore's Blog, page 10

When I get to bed on time (Sunday night), I wake up on time (Monday morning). When I fall asleep on the couch and don't get up to go to bed until 2am (Last night), I sleep through my alarm and wake up late (today). This makes a lot of sense. You could call it […]

Update: The day after this post went live, Patreon published a retraction on their company blog saying they would not roll out the announced fee changes as outlined below. There will still be some kind of changes but we do not yet know what these will entail. I will continue on as I discuss in […]

It started quietly last week. Patreon sent out an email to creators with a heads up that patrons were going to start shouldering the fees that, previously, creators paid. Their claim was that this made sure that creators got the money their art deserved, but in reality it has shifted the entire foundation upon which […]

I suppose I should talk about NaNoWriMo. About juggling multiple projects in a month-long attempt to write 50,000 words. I did the same for last year’s NaNoWriMo in this post and that format seems as good as any to rip off and use again. Goal Checklist Complete a new draft of Love & Pickpockets, goal of […]

As I worked on my most recent set of NaNoWriMo short-form projects, the serialized episodes of Phantom Traveler, I ran into a stitch. Love & Pickpockets and The Bantam (working title) were both new drafts. Even though The Bantam was based on existing work, it was a prequel, and the later work, I knew, would […]

How do writers weave stories about places and times and societies that don’t exist? How can we ‘write what we know’ if we are making it all up? The narrative of the story, the meat that hangs off its bones and the costumes we drape them in – that’s where the fiction lies. The heart […]

My goal is to finish stories, not to gather words I know will be deleted with shame and haste on December first. I don’t count my tweets. I don’t count my blog posts, or newsletter content. There’s a rallying cry I often hear in the throes of November: “It still counts!” But, to what purpose? […]

Today marks the start of another writerly venture: my good friend Brian Williamson and I have launched our writing podcast! Four episodes are available today, with future episodes to post weekly on Thursdays. You can also follow along my own experiences on the path to publication, as well as Brian’s decision making as he looks […]

Tomorrow I begin NaNoWriMo. I am writing this on Sunday, ahead of attempting to do much prep work to figure out my stories. Hopefully by the time this post publishes, I will have them leashed and under control. Since I last posted, Flotsam has undergone a shift, which you can hear about in my YouTube […]

I think I must thrive on anxiety. Of course, if that were true, my sciatic nerve wouldn’t be quite so loud right now, and the panic attacks that have been kicking up more frequently of late might not even be a consideration. But still, I work best under pressure. Or more consistently under pressure? Whatever. […]