John Hattaway

Anyone who is unreliable is also a liar; anyone who is a liar is also unreliable.

Missing Updates – or the lack of attention

smokingpen | February 19, 2008

Well, I am sad to announce that I have not made IOTW as high a priority in my life as I would like. This website is important to me; and yet, I put no effort into thinking about what to place on this site (entry-wise). The outcome is that I don’t update as often as [...]

Dropped the Ball

smokingpen | February 1, 2008

Well, I am sure that there are people out there who think I’ve totally dropped the ball on this site. Sometimes I feel the same way. And I think that’s a bad thing.
I am actually working through thoughts on voice when it comes to writing fiction and a couple of reviews. It always seemed weird [...]

Go and Visit

smokingpen | January 8, 2008

John Zakour emailed me the other day. He is the writer on a comic book that is being displayed (at least the first 8 pages) at a website. I am copying his email here:
Starting Monday the 7th I’ll be part of DC’s comic Zuda. (www.zuda.com) This is kind of like “American Idol” for comics. [...]

Not Updating

smokingpen | December 25, 2007

I will not be updating my blog(s) until just before the new year.

Back to What If…

smokingpen | November 27, 2007

Erin and I had an interesting experience this past weekend. The details are important only in so far as they interest me when it comes to ideas for writing. The experience was a peeping tom that, apparently, has been a problem in the neighborhood for something like 40 or 50 years. Well, closer to 40 [...]

To Begin

smokingpen | August 24, 2007

Welcome to In Order to Write. If you don’t know what this place is or haven’t been here in a while, you will note that things have changed. I’m hoping that by simplifying what the site is intended to do and how it is displayed I, in effect, make the site actually come to life.
With [...]

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