Category Archives: Blog

Making Stuff Up: Planning, Pantsing, and Me

Posted on 2013/10/07 by ecgarrison

Making Stuff Up: Planning, Pantsing, and Me by Eric Garrison (Originally a guest post on Sheila Deeth’s blog during the Four ‘ti Late Tour. I thought I’d repost since NaNoWriMo is coming up fast!) In any writing circle, writers, especially … Continue reading →

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My Gen Con 2013 schedule

Posted on 2013/08/11 by ecgarrison

Gen Con! I look forward to it all year, and it looks like this is going to be a great one! Here’s what I’ll be up to: Wed Aug 14 6:00pm – 11:00pm 5YM / Flagon Slayer Tapping – Georgia … Continue reading →

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The Beginning!

Posted on 2013/04/30 by ecgarrison

Writing the beginning of a story makes me more anxious than any other part. For one thing, it’s my only chance to grab the reader’s attention. Many slush readers decide on the first page whether they’ll pass on a story.  … Continue reading →

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Depression / anxiety

Posted on 2013/04/22 by ecgarrison

Okay, this is a break in the writerly / publicity posts.  This is just me talking about something personal.  I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety my whole life. Depression turns out to be easier for me to deal with, I … Continue reading →

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InShoStoWriWe Day 2

Posted on 2013/02/18 by ecgarrison

Okay, InShoStoWriWe* Day 2. Yesterday, I walked into the Kickoff Party with zero ideas, other than maybe using some of my novel characters for the story. After talking with Johnna Murphy, David Love, and Bethany K. Alexoff, I had a … Continue reading →

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Paranormal Investigation and Me

Posted on 2012/10/01 by ecgarrison

Hello, and welcome to the Hoosier Horror Blog Hop! I’ll be posting an entry here every day from October 1st through 5th.  Be sure to click on the link and explore the other fantastic Indiana bloggers, authors and other folks … Continue reading →

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Rails for Mean Spirit and some tech

Posted on 2012/06/05 by ecgarrison

So, first of all, I had a creative breakthrough yesterday! I’d been stuck on how Mean Spirit would play out, but on Sunday, I started brainstorming, putting chapter/scene ideas down on index cards.  When I was done, I sorted them … Continue reading →

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Mean Spirit – resumed

Posted on 2012/05/31 by ecgarrison

So, the sequel to Blue Spirit, which is currently called Mean Spirit, has gathered dust for the past year or so while I’ve worked on Reality Check.  I’m gearing up for a crazy June, participating in Camp NaNoWriMo as a … Continue reading →

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Coming attractions!

Posted on 2011/06/16 by ecgarrison

Coming soon to this space… a conversation between Skye, the main character of my Blue Spirit, and Blue from RJ Sullivan’s Haunting Blue!  This came about because RJ and I noticed a lot of eerie similarities between our novels, both … Continue reading →

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My new home on the web!

Posted on 2011/06/15 by ecgarrison

Okay, so I’ve resisted having a separate web presence as an author. Until now. I think I resisted because I already have a presence so many different places… Livejournal was first, poor dead Myspace came next, then Facebook and Twitter. … Continue reading →

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