… another thousand words. “Holes” is moving along well and may perhaps be done through first draft tomorrow–maybe Friday. It’s now a matter of time rather than raw creativity. I’ve again found it works for me to write in the basement. I know, I know. I knew it before, why did I go away from […]
Read More ...Focus
I was at lunch yesterday and overheard a few snippets of conversation between four guys at the table next to me. They were talking about health care, and apparently having a great time swapping scenarios and complaining about various things. I admit I tried not to listen, focusing instead on the story I’m working on. […]
Read More ...Further into the Modern Age
I’ve been going back and forth about how I should get back to managing my “web presence.” At one point I think I should can the WordPress thing and go back to the old stuff that I loved so much. Then I think that would be silly–the arrow of time points only one direction. At […]
Read More ...Circling
I feel like I’m circling around the heart of the book. It feels good, really. I’ve got some 30 or 40 pages put back together, but it’s obviously not started in exactly the right place. I feel like I’m out in the ocean, riding small waves into shore as a trial while the rest of […]
Read More ...A Week Off
Geez–it’s been awhile, hasn’t it? So, what’s up, you ask? Or, I guess, seeing that it’s just me and me here, I must be the one asking. The good news, though, is that I’ve been vacationing this week–but not really vacationing. You see, due to the discrepancy in our jobs Lisa has a bit less […]
Read More ...Finished
Galmour of the God-Touched is finally done and comes in weighing just over 92K words. It feels pretty good to get a book-length work to the point I feel good about it again. The rust is falling off, slowly but surely. Share Me
Read More ...Finding Fault
Yes, I suppose it’s about $700B of corporate greed. And yes, I agree it’s not a good idea to reward bad decisions by paying off the big-wigs who made them. But I think that’as all missing the point. I was talking to a co-worker the other day and I said: You know, I really don’t […]
Read More ...Milestone Achieved
I don’t consider myself to have ever really stopped writing, though it looks like it from the outside, and I certainly stopped publishing. I’m thinking a lot about this lately as I draw to the end of this novel rewrite. If I come up with any great understandings about why I think this, I’ll let […]
Read More ...100 Pages
So I’ve gotten down to under a hundred pages to go. With only a little luck I’ll complete the rewrite by the end of next week. It’s been more work than expected because, honestly, my line writing was not very good. Strange how time gives you distance. There was a time where I would have […]
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