By J. Timothy King on August 8, 2008
Here’s a Friday Snippet from one of the bonus extras included in the upcoming, first volume of The Conscience of Abe’s Turn, a retrospective essay entitled “Whatever Happened to Zorro?” about what inspired and motivated me to write Abe’s Turn. Note that I’m going to be giving away a limited number of copies of the […]
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By J. Timothy King on July 28, 2008
Too many novice writers–and more than a few professionals–have a wrong idea about genres. This wrong idea can hinder a writer, keep him from finding inspiration in what they write. He thinks that his genre defines his writing, that his writing “has” a genre. But your writing is not what “your genre” is. Genres are […]
Posted in Novels, Stories, Writing
By J. Timothy King on March 17, 2008
Recently, a fiction author told me that because I was “unpublished”–his word, not mine–I was unqualified to offer advice on writing stories. Of course, that’s silly, because getting published is not about whether you can write. It’s about schmoozing with editors and agents and about receiving enough rejection letters. Getting published is an exercise in […]
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By J. Timothy King on March 10, 2008
Below is a digital mock-up of the first, 4-episode set of The Conscience of Abe’s Turn, which I’m putting together as a 6×9-inch trade paperback for release in April. This first volume spans about 250 pages, including 4 novelette-length episodes plus bonus extras. I’ve been ad-testing graphics and text, and this design represents one of […]
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By J. Timothy King on November 15, 2007
I didn’t mean to. I didn’t want to. I got pushed in, as it were. That’s one of the things I hate about swimming in the jury pool; no one ever does so by choice. The other thing I hate is that it’s filled with shark-infested water. In this age of big-brother paranoia, there are […]
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By J. Timothy King on October 12, 2007
For this week’s Friday Snippet, I’d like to share a short-short story I wrote a couple years ago, entitled “Pine.” It was a writing exercise for the now-defunct Alchera Project, inspired by a photo of a certain house. The take-away: Never underestimate where a story might come from. They’re everywhere. Enjoy! -TimK P.S. If you […]
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By J. Timothy King on October 7, 2007
I’ve been an idiot. I’ve moved this blog to a new domain, blog.JTimothyKing.com. (That’s not how I’ve been an idiot.) And I’m changing the focus, because the focus of my life has been changing. The fact that it has been changing for the past 2 years but I haven’t acted on it– That’s how I’ve […]
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By J. Timothy King on July 26, 2007
… I have over 30,000 unread posts in my feed reader. … I haven’t read Dilbert for over a month. … I have to schedule appointments with my wife. … Some people have e-mailed me three times, and I still haven’t gotten back to them. … I’ve almost forgotten what it’s like to read a […]
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By J. Timothy King on December 5, 2006
My first day as an entrepreneur, I got sick. Seriously. It was Thanksgiving. And I got a virus, which grew steadily worse through that day and the next. Immediately, I got to experience two differences about working for yourself: No paid holidays, and no paid sick leave. By Friday evening, I was completely incapacitated and […]
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