F is for Fizzle

Remember when I said I only had two important posts this week? Yeah. One was yesterday's and the other will be tomorrow.

So instead of posting myself, which is kind of foolish during the A to Z challenge anyway, I'm highlighting someone else's post. Actually, it's two people today. My friends Jessica Bell and Nicole Ducleroir have been joining their A to Z posts since the beginning. It's a rather fun little game they have going, in fact. Just go visit their blogs and you'll see what I mean.

When it comes to tomorrow, please do come back. I'll be one of only five bloggers involved in the cover reveal for Andrew Smith's new novel Stick. You can find out more about Andrew, and the plans for the reveal, here.

That's three links for you to look at that are more important than this post. Now get out of here.

Bernard Pivot Blogfest

Yesterday was Nicole Ducleroir's Blogfest. I couldn't make it because of my stupid day job. I'm trying to make up for that now. Please visit Nicole's blog to find all the other entrants.

What is your favorite word? Hmm. That's tough. I love so many words. My favorite changes all the time. I think my favorite right now may be perseverance.

What is your least favorite word? That's easy. Hate.

What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally? Mountains. And Trees. I love those two things, especially together, like a fat guy loves a chair.

What turns you off? Religion. Not so much religion in general, as people pushing religion. I read somewhere on the internet once that religion is like a penis. When you're in public, please keep it in your pants, and when you're in private, please don't try to shove it down anyone's throat.

What is your favorite curse word? Motherfucker. Nothing is more fun to say.

What sound or noise do you hate? Alarm clock. There seem to be a preponderance of TV and radio commercials that feel they have to include this sound.

What profession other than your own would you like to attempt? Attorney. I would love to fight for justice.

What profession would you not like to do? Police Officer.

If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates? Can I get you a drink?

I wish I could have been on time with this, but sometimes life gets in the way!

Friday Morning Darks

That's supposed to be a play on words. Like the opposite of Friday Night Lights, but what's the opposite of Friday? Monday? I'm sure as hell not talking about Monday, not on a Friday. Er - wait, a, second ... I just did, didn't I?

Damn. Sorry about that. Never mind anyway. The title of the post means nothing. This is just a random stream on unconsciousness because it's still dark outside and no self respecting person in this timezone should be awake just yet.

Welcome to all the new followers and commenters, especially those of you from yesterday. That was an amazing post and I'm really glad to see how well it worked out. Jessica is awesome and it's so nice to be able to call her a friend. It's funny how followers and comments go sometimes. I was stuck at 398 for like two weeks, and now I've gained almost 20 more in just a couple days. Welcome one and all, I truly do love your visits.

So, back to Jessica for a moment. Obviously her novel STRING BRIDGE, which comes out next year on Lucky Press, in November, is very exciting, but I completely forgot to mention (no idea why), that Jessica Bell, Nicole Ducleroir, and myself will all be having our short stories published in the Static Movement Press anthology Literary Foray. There is no date set yet because the editor, Chris Bartholomew is still collecting short stories. If you're interested in submitting, please visit Static Movement's website. Still though, isn't that exciting? It's almost as cool as being agent mates, or it might be even cooler, I'm not sure yet.

You can read my two short stories, and one other that is going into a different anthology, on the My Writing page at the top of this blog. I can't believe I'm being this unprofessional about it, but I don't have links to Jess and Nicole's stories. I can link you to more info about Nicole's short stories in general, here, but Jess doesn't have hers on hers blog. I'll add them to this post if they want me to, but it also may be better for sales if they're kept secret. Mwah hah hah ... yeah.

So the only other thing I want to cover this morning is my buddy T. R. Konrad. TR is a guy I know in real life. He's a lot like me in that he's always loved to read, and often thought about writing, but only recently decided to start taking it seriously. He's not sure about novels, but he loves to write short stories and has decided to seek publication of some kind. Those of you who know me know that I'm all about the writing community, and when it comes to writers helping writers there is nothing I find more satisfying.

So please visit the blog of T. R. Konrad, and read some of his creative writing. His blog is brand new, so it's a little sparse, and his writing still has that raw edge to it that can be so exciting in a new writer. Also be sure to follow his blog and comment, because I have explained to him that this whole blogging thing is all about give and take, so if you visit him, follow and comment, you will gain a loyal reader of your blog as well.

And what's the point of writing on the internet if no one sees it? If you don't share your work with others you're not writing, you're just writing stuff down.

Have a great day. Happy Friday!