Write This Down

Regular readers of this blog will remember that I wrote a 72,000 word novel during the first twenty-one days of National Novel Writing Mont...

I have embarked upon every author’s favorite task—editing.   Insert sarcasm here, please.   So far I have uncovered one continuity erro...

At Day 21 of this month, after a writing marathon that spanned the better part of twenty-four hours, I completed my novel at 72, 406 wo...

Last night I blasted past 62,000 words, but I couldn’t tell you whether or not this is a good thing.   We tend to have a jaundiced eye tow...

As of this writing, I have completed more than 45,000 words of this novel.   My standard operating practice involves no going back and edi...

If writing is like exercise and a skill that must be practiced, then I allowed myself to atrophy and weaken in the two months while I took...

Yesterday morning, I contemplated not getting out of bed.   Oh, I would have had to eventually—I require food like everyone else—but it wa...