Scott William Carter
My first novel was hailed by PW as an "impressive debut" and won an Oregon Book Award. Since then, I've published over 30 books, including the popular Garrison Gage mysteries. Also the cartoonist behind www.runofthehouse.net. | www.scottwilliamcarter.com.
- "SHARING IS CARING." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "A BLANKET FROM HEAVEN." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "Autonomous." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "The Art of Sleeping Well." More comics at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "Manifesting an Alternate Reality." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net. #comics #webcomics #humor #pets #cats
- "No Place for Wimps." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net. #comics #webcomics #humor #pets #cats
- "Unmet Expectations." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net. #comics #webcomics #humor #pets #cats #rain
- Thanks so much!
- "Fake News." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net. #comics #webcomics #humor #pets #cats
- "Busy Day." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net. #comics #webcomics #humor #pets #cats
- "THE ONLY CAT." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net. #comics #webcomics #humor #pets #cats
- "A NEW RECORD." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net. #comics #webcomics #humor #pets #cats #records
- "Just Like Einstein." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "Consider a Soap Bubble." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "The Perfect Companion." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "So Much Smaller Than You." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "A Giant Rabbit." While comics are published occasionally on Bluesky, they're always published at www.runofthehouse.net. Subscribe today and get a free comic in your inbox every Monday!
- "The Backwards Law." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "Impulses." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- Thanks, Michael. Very kind of you.
- "A Quiet Refuge." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "All Kinds of Family." Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "Mental Space" Comics published twice a week at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "Five Minutes Ago." More comics at www.runofthehouse.net.
- "Today's the Day!" Never miss a comic! Subscribe at: www.runofthehouse.net.
- "Another Dimension." Never miss a comic! Subscribe at: www.runofthehouse.net.
- My book, THE DRAGON LOTTERY, is FREE for a limited time. Win the lottery? Congrats! You get to fight the dragon—to the death! More info and links to all retailers here: www.scottwilliamcarter.com/the-dragon-l...
- "Recursive Dreams." Never miss a comic! Subscribe at: www.runofthehouse.net.
- A few pictures from a hike last week with Rosie up in the Dunn Forest area, near Corvallis, Oregon. Eight miles on old logging roads, 1200 foot elevation gain, views of the Willamette Valley. Didn't see a single person the whole time.
- "Counting Stars." Never miss a comic! Subscribe at: www.runofthehouse.net.
- "Plenty of Time." Never miss a comic! Subscribe at: www.runofthehouse.net.
- Our good deed for the day: Found a crow with a broken wing in our back yard. Managed to gently scoop him up and put him in a dog kennel, then drive him 40 minutes to the nearest wildlife rescue facility. He seemed fine other than the wing, so we're both pulling for him.
- "Outrageous Demands." Never miss a comic! Subscribe at: www.runofthehouse.net.
- "PNN." Never miss a comic! Subscribe at: www.runofthehouse.net.
- Does steak taste better with a view of the Oregon coast? Why yes, yes it does . . .
- "Life Goals." Never miss a comic! Subscribe at: www.runofthehouse.net.
- Rosie in her happy place. Leash free. Tall grass. Nose down.
- If you're having a hard time writing, here's a little trick that often works for me: Just set a timer for five minutes and tell yourself you just have to write 50 words. That's it. You can keep going if you want, and time allows, but you give yourself permission to quit if you have 50 words.
- That first post was 57 words, by the way. The key, I found, is to be really okay stopping. That's actually the hard part. I've found that 95% of the time I want to keep going. Almost all of the resistance my lovely amygdala conjures up for me is in that first five minutes and fifty words.
- Most people fail at this trick not because it's too hard but because it's too easy. (Me included.) The ego rushes in and screams "50 words is NOTHING! You must write 1000 or 2000 or 5000 words or you'll never get anywhere!" And then your fight or flight response is triggered and you seize up.
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View full threadIt's not perfect (no method is), but I've used this one a lot when "basket case brain," as I call it, takes hold. These days, it doesn't seem to take much either (one glimpse at the news seems to do it.) BTW, this series of posts is around 250 words. Or the equivalent of one manuscript page. :)
- I've become an IDrive.com convert. I finally decided to spring for a more automated online backup rather than just rely on my hodgepodge onsite method plus some manual Google Drive work, and I have to say $10/year for 500 gigs, plus the automated tools, email reports, etc, has me impressed.
- I'm not getting any affiliate money for that link, btw. Just thought I'd give a shoutout when credit is due.
- Great stuff from the War and Peas duo!
