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I knocked off another chapter today after taking time to figure out how I’m ending this book. I think I have three chapters left. Could be four. We’ll see. As it is, things went together well and I am very pleased with how things appear to be tying themselves up. Before I started working on […]

Award-winning novelist Laura Resnick has a great essay about self-publishing and vanity press scams. It is very illuminative and contains vital information, especially for beginning writers on what to look out for. Hit the link and read the brilliance.

I ground out another chapter and this one was pure fun. Lots of action, with of a turn of events that will be a bit of a surprise. I enjoyed writing this one because not only does it tie up some things in this novel, but opens a very wide door to things that will […]

I finished one of my two climactic chapters today, and will knock the other one off tomorrow. The sequence will run about 11,000 words between them, which goes against the 2,500 words per chapter dictum that I recommend to many writers. The caveat here is that these chapters are broken down into 1,000 word sections […]

It should surprise no one that I am a gadget slut. I love technology and the cool things it can do for us. I guess I see most things as puzzles, and learning how to make them work is a challenge. I embrace that challenge and don’t have nightmares about VCRs blinking “12:00” forever. I […]

I turned out a chapter’s worth of words today before my hands started hurting. To give my hands some time off, I did some work around the house, packed up some orders and prepped some things for Christmas. It was a light day for physical activity, at least until the evening. I went dancing and […]

I didn’t get any writing done today. Last night I did not sleep well. There are times, when working on a book, that insomnia sets in. My subconscious keeps churning away on problems I don’t even realize exist yet. When you’re too tired to get up and work stuff out, and yet too awake to […]