And That’s a Draft
One Hundred thirteen thousand, five hundred, and fifty nine words. In just under a year. That’s my first draft done for Jade Moon Waning. And I’m going to bed…
Maintaining a Work-Life Balance
Happy Sunday, Everyone! I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. So I feel like I’m the absolutely last person in the world qualified to talk about this, but I did say in the beginning that this blog is sometimes as much for me as it is for you. This is one of those times. Lately, days …
Me at My Disorganized Best
Happy Sunday (what’s left of it) Everyone!. I hope you enjoyed the weekend. So here we are, at 8:30 in the evening. In an ideal world, I’d have been reading for a half hour already and looking forward to another 15-20 minutes, before getting ready to hit the sack, so I can get up at …
The Tale of September
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. …
More than You Believe
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 …
Dreams Don’t Pay the Bills
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.” …
Multi-Classing
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 …
Out of (Your) Control
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 …
Digging Out
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 …
Slow Going
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 …