Happy Sunday, Everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying the weekend! If you’ll recall, At the beginning of September I was going to make a serious push to get to the end of the first draft of my current project. I figured that it would take me another Thirty-Thousand words to get there. My Math was wrong. …
Happy Sunday Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. This week, I’m going to kick off the post with an announcement: Like I mentioned on the last Five Thing Thursday, I have officially added the band Unleash the Archers to my writing playlist. This is pretty significant. For those of you that don’t know, I’ve …
I mentioned before that,this year I was going to spend time looking for music and books that I wouldn’t normally have consumed prior to 2018. One of those finds is a band called Amaranthe. They’ve got a song out called “True.” It’s a pretty good song, and the message is pretty simple. “Chase your Dreams.” …
Ok, let me just put it right out there up front: I am totally feeling deficient as a writer. I’ve been working on a book since the turn of the year. Truth be told, a little bit before then, but I turned around and did a massive rewrite – yes, I know that’s not what …
Before I get into today’s post, I want to let you know that my Ravencon schedule is up on the Events page. If you’re going to be out and about in the Williamsburg, VA area next weekend, stop by and say Hi! If you’re a writer, then you know about struggle. If you’re taking a …
This is what it looks like from my desk this morning. What you can’t see is the layer of ice coating the top of all that white-stuff. What you can see is the top of, what seems now, like a foolishly long driveway that I am going to have to force …
I like to think I’m a patient person. I mean sure, that’s a sliding scale for all of us to some extent, and there have been days when I’ve been as steady as a brick wall and other days…well…maybe not so much. But on the whole, the mental picture I have of myself in this …
I don’t normally participate in National Novel Writing Month. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have anything against it. Usually, when November comes around, I’m not in a place where I can participate without putting the current project on hold for a month. This year is different. I’ve got an outline down, most of the …