A brief update about this website:
It will be going on hiatus through 2015.
I’m just kidding.
HA HA HA HA HA
Ahem.
But what will be happening here is that I might slow down on the posts a wee little bit. I’ve been making sure that this blog has at least five posts a week, Monday through Friday, since it relaunched as a WordPress installation. It’s fun, but also takes up a great deal of time.
But I have five novels I have to write in the next year.
And a film script.
And hopefully, a comic series. (That one: not guaranteed.)
So, the plan going forward is that you’ll see one new post on Tuesday or Wednesday, then you’ll see the 10 Questions on Thursday give way to the Five Things I Learned series (also on Thursday), and Friday will remain the day of Flash Fiction Challenges (starting back up this week).
That’s not to say I won’t still sometimes post on Monday or won’t still write an additional post in the Tues-Wed bracket; it just won’t be something I’ll wear my fingers down to quivering nubs in order to achieve. (You also may see more guest posts — not that I’m soliciting open submissions for that, so please don’t send ’em to me. But I am friends with a wealth of wise and weird writers who may sometimes contribute a little brain sauce to the terribleminds stew.)
I will also be releasing a new e-book (maybe two!) about writing compiled from the blog (and you may also see my new author-published short story collection this year, Crass Menagerie). This might also be the year I release my not-quite-cookbook, Revelations of the Bacon Angel.
Anyway!
Thanks all for being here.
*runs around, high-fiving you all*
*gets tired*
*naps*
Elsa Winckler says:
Just don’t stop – you always make my day 🙂
January 6, 2014 — 7:44 AM
Mozette says:
*High-fives you back* Yay! Flash-Fiction Friday is stickin’ around! I love it!
Thank you so much! *Hugs!*
Whoops! Sorry… I’ve been on holidays eating mudcrab, getting my coffee from a gourmet coffee man who travels from caravan park to caravan park and enjoying the good life… hehe… really sorry mate.
Sounds like you’ve got plans starting up this year… so do I. I’ve been looking at last year’s Flash Fiction and I’m hoping to edit that and put them into a book for people to read – most probably an e-book. 😀
Then, I’ve joined a hot’n’sexy erotica writing group… yeah, I write that too. I’ve written an erotica book… just have to have it looked at by like-minded people (yeah, we’ve all got sex on the mind by the look of it) and make sure I’m not the only mentally sick one of the group of us… 😛 then seen what I can do to get ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ shot out of the water. 🙂
Otherwise, I have a craft market every month. o.O
January 6, 2014 — 7:49 AM
Jemima Pett says:
That’s just fine with me, Chuck! I think you work too hard anyway, and writing is the name of the game. I’m just suffering withdrawal symptoms from not having a Flash Fiction challenge this week – so I went and re-rolled some die to get a title from a while back – working on The Horse-drawn Lighthouse as we … er… speak!
Happy new year!
January 6, 2014 — 8:02 AM
Rebecca Douglass says:
I’m in the same boat. I’m thinking I ought to be able to come up with ideas all on my own. But I think I’ll be off to the old prompts so I can come up with something for Friday, because I have enough real work to do and want this to be easy.
January 7, 2014 — 12:15 AM
steve christopher says:
Oh, to half half your energy! I could be a contender.
January 6, 2014 — 8:02 AM
Paul Weimer (@PrinceJvstin) says:
No worries. Write what puts food on the table! (and that we can buy and support our book addic…err, habit)
January 6, 2014 — 8:24 AM
darleneaubol says:
Thank YOU.
I enjoy your articles and have purchased many of your books.
AKA Darlene Underdahl
http://www.VermillionRoadPress.com
January 6, 2014 — 8:59 AM
Jenna Blue says:
Holy crap, Chuck! Your schedule terrifies me, and yet Yay You!!!! for having so many fantastic projects in the works. We will all look forward to any posts you manage! : ) Best wishes for fast typing, constant inspiration, and a reduced need for sleep!
January 6, 2014 — 9:00 AM
Wendy Christopher says:
Chuck, the fact that you manage to do all that you do – and, apparently without the aid of intravenous Red Bull – amazes the heck out of me. I am a stunted-limbed sloth in comparison to you. Whatever the rate of your posts, I’m sure they will be as enjoyable (and totally worth the wait) as ever. Just keep yourself healthy and don’t go burning yourself out – and congrats and good luck with all your future endeavours.
January 6, 2014 — 9:27 AM
Kenesha_W says:
Just glad to see you put words to paper, er PC. I love your writing & your humor and you’ve really helped me this year to regain my writer’s voice, which I’d lost over the years of becoming a wife and mother. But it’s back now bitches…or ladies & gentlemen. Whichever floats your boat.
January 6, 2014 — 9:31 AM
Jenni Cornell says:
Too many to read anyway. Gotta quit reading you and go write. I mean it. I’m going…hey, here’s your paperback…no…writing…..
January 6, 2014 — 9:34 AM
mattyweaves says:
I’m very interested in any tips you will have on screenwriting. I’m more of a screenwriter than a novelist. I enjoy the structure a bit more on a screenplay, but I like the room you can have with a novel.
January 6, 2014 — 9:48 AM
Teddy Fuhringer says:
Go write Chuck! We’ll still be here no matter how often you post. 🙂
January 6, 2014 — 10:00 AM
Lois Spangler (@Incognitiously) says:
You just holler when you need us to overnight Tim Tams or Mint Slices for those long writing stretches. 😀
January 6, 2014 — 10:01 AM
terribleminds says:
JUST KEEP ‘EM COMING.
January 6, 2014 — 10:14 AM
conniecockrell says:
Good for you. I’ve often wondered how you (and other very busy authors) find time to blog 5X per week. Congrats for stepping back a bit.
January 6, 2014 — 10:54 AM
mikes75 says:
Must Have Wendig Cookbook…
January 6, 2014 — 11:15 AM
Jen Donohue says:
Yaaay flash fiction challenges!
Five novels? That’s a very specific goal.
January 6, 2014 — 11:21 AM
terribleminds says:
It’s specific because I’m contracted to write them. 🙂
January 6, 2014 — 12:12 PM
Jen Donohue says:
Well that’s awesome!
January 6, 2014 — 12:25 PM
caszbrewster says:
I read that first line and was like, “Oh no!” Then you said just kidding and I spit expletives at the screen. But, whew. Feel like I just skated by writer doom. In other words, thanks for hanging around. Personally, I thought your pace was something uber human and I’m glad to hear you have so many projects that the blog needs to slow down a bit. Kudos. BTFO.
January 6, 2014 — 11:27 AM
Denise McInerney says:
Wow, what a schedule! I could never figure out when you took time to sleep in the first place. Your work ethic is an inspiration. Thank you for sharing so much with us–got me over a few rough patches this past year. Am typing with one hand at the moment due to recent rotator cuff surgery (dominant arm, natch
) but you inspire me every day not to slack off, so am beating out my next two books and researching a third. Hope your 2014 is filled with much happiness and success!
January 6, 2014 — 11:58 AM
Justine Spencer says:
Slacker. Only five novels. Pfft.
January 6, 2014 — 1:16 PM
Christine Ashworth says:
Good. Get back to writing marvelous novels and we’ll catch you here whenever you’re available. Cheers hon!
January 6, 2014 — 1:21 PM
Justine Spencer says:
Seriously, like how many pairs of hands have you already typed through?
January 6, 2014 — 1:22 PM
sheilaenglehart says:
You’ve spoiled us. Create the monster, it’s yours to feed. Seriously…once a week is plenty. We have your books for the spaces between.
January 6, 2014 — 1:46 PM
Michael Dempsey says:
I don’t know how any human being could write five novels in a year, but I guess congrats on getting those contracts! You’re a braver man than I.
January 6, 2014 — 1:51 PM
Moya says:
Five books, and a blog, and. . . when do you manage to fit in the life you need, to get the experience to write??? Wow, so no sleep then?
January 6, 2014 — 2:16 PM
Ross Pullen says:
Chuck! Two questions…or maybe three. #1-When do you sleep or do you just hang upside down once an hour to get more blood flow,#2-have you considered the benefit of putting some cash towards a Costa Rican coffee plantation to get the cost per cup down ,and #3- are you sure your wife hasn’t looked up the prices of used (in your size)straight jackets on eBay?
Go for it!
R.Pullen
January 6, 2014 — 2:37 PM
Kay Camden says:
Five novels in one year?
I do one novel in five years NOT KIDDING hahahahaha
January 6, 2014 — 3:03 PM
Jen says:
OH MY GOD MY HEART ALMOST STOPPED
DON’T DO THAT
January 6, 2014 — 3:49 PM
Lori Estep (@Lollie_LuLu) says:
OK, I was going to add a pithy, witty comment like, “Yeah, yeah, yeah. Quitter.”
Oh, it was to be all in good fun of course because we all know how much I dig you and stuff. But, since I had to scroll past all the nice comments, I felt bad once I made it down here to the end to actually type something, so I guess I’ll just say …
OK, have fun.
*mumbles* Damn conscience!
January 6, 2014 — 4:05 PM
boydstun215 says:
Dude, you are an animal. Or maybe a cyborg, because with all that writing I’m pretty sure you don’t ever sleep.
Congratulations on all your success in 2013 and much appreciation for this here blog. Thanks for the flash fiction, the writing advice, and all the other cool stuff you provide to your fans.
January 6, 2014 — 5:47 PM
Wendy says:
So it’ll be a relaxing year then?
January 6, 2014 — 8:20 PM
Summer says:
If you were a species, I’d adopt you. ;D
Thank you for your awesome inspiration Chuck!
January 6, 2014 — 8:27 PM
terribleminds says:
#highfive
January 6, 2014 — 10:09 PM
lpstribling says:
Kick ass! Go get ’em, Chuck!
January 6, 2014 — 10:44 PM
Beverly says:
Yay! That’s a lotta novels. Enjoy the focus time!
January 7, 2014 — 12:54 AM
Christopher Staskel says:
Man, Crass Menagerie is such an awesome title.
January 7, 2014 — 8:09 AM
Erik K says:
I love everything you do, Chuck.
Something I’ve seen on other writer’s blogs that you may consider is releasing a chapter of a novel a day. Say, Blackbirds. This would do any number of things, but it’d be a Monday (?) blog you wouldn’t have to work hard at (because you already worked your ass off to get it done), it would hook people onto the first book of your excellent series, and hey, if they don’t want to wait to see how it turns out, they’ll just have to buy the book.
It’s an idea.
If you just want to take Mondays off of blogging, then ignore me. You more than deserve a lighter schedule. ^_^
January 7, 2014 — 1:28 PM
22pamela says:
Do what you need to do…we’ll be fine…truly..(tears welling in eyes, pulls at shirt tail)…I know, it’s not all about us/me (bites lip)…and it’s not us/me (makes eye contact briefly, then looks away, down and left because I’m lying)…It’s you. Ok…that’s my best shot.
Seriously.Go you! As in every relationship, real or cyber, there come times to draw boundaries. This one will just make the heart grow fonder.
January 7, 2014 — 3:19 PM