Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 35 1 Apr 20228 Apr 2022 This was the first full month for work on my novel after I took a brief break. I admit that I felt daunted going back to this large project, but…
Improving Technique Update on My Novel: Month 25 1 Jun 202130 Dec 2021 MAY STATS Days Writing: 7 New Words: 1303 New Chapters: 0.75 Total Word-count: 77,100 Total Chapters: 21 May was a funny month for my novel. I had great success with…
Short Stories The Time Travel Situation: Part Five 8 Apr 202129 Dec 2021 "Nell, you ready?" Mavis hissed to his side. The two children were on top of the speeding train, crouched behind the skylight on the roof of the passenger car. On…
Short Stories The Time Travel Situation: Part Four 1 Apr 202129 Dec 2021 All was chaos once more as pirate and children chased each other all about the Time Capsule. Blackbeard was a more persistent predator than the raptors, though, far less prone…
Lessons On Being Finite 26 Aug 201918 Nov 2021 On Thursday I concluded a short story, though really that "story" was more like the first act of a much bigger piece. I've had a few posts on here that…
Lessons Choosing Your Scope 19 Aug 201918 Nov 2021 Last week I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey. One of the things that stood out to me was that is a long film. It reminded me of how long watching…
Lessons Time-Shifts 20 May 201917 Nov 2021 Time is an interesting thing in stories. Where in life we are constrained to move only in one direction and at a constant rate, stories give us a higher level…
Lessons And Now We’ll Begin 31 Dec 201813 Nov 2021 New Year's Eve is funny. Here we are on December 31st, and tonight at 11:59:59 PM it will be the absolute end of the entire year. And then one second…
Lessons A Proper Cadence 19 Nov 201812 Nov 2021 On Thursday I shared the first half of a story that I had originally intended to publish in a single post. As I explained at the time, the reason for…
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