Out to lunch
Nothing is happening this week, writing-wise, because my time is taken up with travel and family plans. So, back next week to pick it up again. In the meantime, I recommend this blog post by Jim Hines, What is rape … Continue reading →
Truth
“If you wish to be a writer, write.†― Epictetus Up to 77830 now, and decided to drop an entire sub-plot that I’ve been struggling with for a while. It just won’t fit, so I’ve tucked it away. Maybe it … Continue reading →
June is here
Comic Con was wonderful. We had a great time. The panels were quite good; the crowd-handling was terrible. We came home exhausted. The novel is now at 77291 words, which is 2862 more words than I reported on May 21. … Continue reading →
Updates and images
I’m off to the Denver Comic Con for the weekend. Lots of writing and publishing panels, lots of gamer and geek fun. I’ll report back if anything useful comes up. Other than that, I continue to slog along on the … Continue reading →
Reports and changes
The changes aren’t mine. I had a ordinary week last week. I wrote 2088 words on the novel, which is average for me though slow for many others. That brought me to a total of 74429 words so far. I … Continue reading →
Monday report
By mid-week last week I had written 1798 words on the novel (total: 72341) and was making decent progress, when I made a strategic error. One morning I took a notion to work on an old story that needs a … Continue reading →
Mid-week rainy day thoughts
Yes, we have a spring rain today. I filled the bird feeder and brought my tomato seedlings back inside so they don’t catch a chill. I’m still waiting to make the new raised beds for them, since it’s been too … Continue reading →
A pretty good week
After two slow weeks, I had what is, for me, a good writing week. 3022 words done, for a total of 69443 on the novel. Very satisfying. It is hard for me to tell, when I have these tough writing … Continue reading →
Monday confession
Over the past two weeks, I have only written 2331 words total. The novel stands at 66421 words, and the non-fiction at 4865. So I am not getting done what I need to get done. Still, this is another week, … Continue reading →
Another week begins
Pretty ordinary week last week, with 2201 words written, all on the novel. Total words stand at 64591 now. Laying out the plot in a spreadsheet is working well for me, and I think from now on I’ll have a … Continue reading →