At the end of October, I told you all that I was done dithering, and committed to getting my novel in front of my selected alpha readers by the end of November. It’s now November 27, and it’s time I got moving. […]
A little less than a year ago, I finished writing my first novel. I then spent several months editing it, including completely re-writing the ending. I was, and am, very proud of this book, but what it really needs right now is […]
*I’ll be posting some websites here. These are not paid promotions, just things that have helped me in my writing and I offer them freely because I love them. Writing is a unique kind of solitude. I sit by myself […]
A few days after that fateful poem, with my brain still full of thoughts of “Should I write?” and “Do I have anything to say?” and “Am I making excuses?”, I decided to re-read Stephen King’s On Writing. I had read it […]
There I was in my early 20’s, failing to write a novel that insisted on rattling around in my brain, and doubting that I had the ability to really be a writer. Sometimes I would make another attempt at it, but self-doubt […]
This is a long story, so I’m going to break it up into two posts. I’ll post the second part on Wednesday, September 21st. I suspect anyone reading this is someone who already knows me, so you probably already know a bit […]
An exciting thing happened for me this week – I signed my first publishing contract. Now, to be clear, this is to be published in an anthology where the only requirement for acceptance was that I show up and write a story […]
Clever titles have never been my strength, so for now I’m going to stick with that classic of basic programming. That seems fair since the process of building a website has made me feel very much like I did in my first […]