Steven E. Wedel

  • Thick Skin

    A writer has to have thick skin. Not the kind nightly applications of Lubriderm will help. I mean the kind that is like armor against the pointy arrows of rejection. Sometimes it seems those arrows are fired randomly, while other times it seems the editor is taking careful aim at your self esteem. That usually…

  • The first word

    Writing that first word of the day is always the hardest one. There are so many ways to procrastinate. Gotta download the e-mail, of course. Oh, and Facebook must be checked. Hmm, anything interesting on Craigslist today? Better pop over to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and see if Brett Favre has said anything new to set…

  • That first word

    Writing that first word of the day is always the hardest one. There are so many ways to procrastinate. Gotta download the e-mail, of course. Oh, and Facebook must be checked. Hmm, anything interesting on Craigslist today? Better pop over to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and see if Brett Favre has said anything new to set…

  • Some publishing news

    I’ve been meaning to post some of this stuff for a while and keep forgetting it. As you may have noticed, I haven’t had a new book out since Bad Moon Books released Little Graveyard on the Prairie last year, and with it being an expensive limited edition, probably not a lot of people shelled…

  • Some publishing news

    I’ve been meaning to post some of this stuff for a while and keep forgetting it. As you may have noticed, I haven’t had a new book out since Bad Moon Books released Little Graveyard on the Prairie last year, and with it being an expensive limited edition, probably not a lot of people shelled…

  • Nadia's Curse

    Where did the first werewolves come from? If you’ve read the extra material here at The Werewolf Saga Online, you know the basics. Now you can see the human — and animal — side of that first transformation. For the first time ever, “Nadia’s Curse” is available through Amazon.com‘s new publishing program. You can download…

  • Discipline

    Ah, there’s nothing like the feeling of a stout wooden paddle in your hand. The whistle it makes as it swings through the air and the solid, meaty sound it makes when it contacts some blue-jean-clad buttocks … Well, I assume it offered my teachers some satisfaction back in the day. But right now I…

  • Discipline

    Ah, there’s nothing like the feeling of a stout wooden paddle in your hand. The whistle it makes as it swings through the air and the solid, meaty sound it makes when it makes contact with some blue-jean-clad buttocks … Well, I assume it offered my teachers some satisfaction back in the day. But right…

  • Protected: Writing and work

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

  • Insanity?

    They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Since become a teacher, I’ve looked forward to summer break every year, thinking I would get a lot of writing done. It seems I always overlook the fact I have a bunch of needy kids at home…