The Mad Writer
I’ve accomplished very little this year as far as writing goes thanks to all of the other things in life I could blame: couponing, blogging, reading, gardening…you know, all those things I’ve been...
View ArticleWriting a Novel, I Am
This week you might have noticed those funny little bars in the right margin over there on my blog, right above the calendar. Go ahead, look over there! (pointing) I’ll wait. I got them from a...
View ArticleHow To Finish Your Novel In 4 Months! …or at least get close to finishing…
As I look back at the calendar it’s hard to believe I finished my first rough draft of my new novel, Feeling Himself Forgotten, over Memorial Day weekend. Yeah, my little word counter over there on the...
View ArticleShutting Up The Muse
With a new book coming out in October, what am I supposed to do for the next six months? Most advice you find online from other writers and readers says you are supposed to get back to work – meaning...
View ArticleWrite or Wrong Part 3: CV Hunt counts words…
I was first introduced to CV Hunt and her work when she asked me to read and review her first book back when I was running a review blog for indie authors many years ago. It was fantastic and I went on...
View ArticleWrite or Wrong Part 17: Finding your audience…
Last Friday I had the pleasure of being a guest speaker at Hazelwood West Writer’s Week, a week long conference devoted to writing here in St. Louis at a local high school. I spoke a bit about finding...
View ArticleTypety typey type type…
February is almost half over and when it comes to writing, other than a few blog posts, I don’t have much more to show for it. It’s not from a lack of trying. You’ve heard me moan about it before, but...
View ArticleJune is gone
June was one of those months that went by in a blur, each day running into the next and all feeling the same, so this month-in-review will be pretty short. I finished “Still House Lake” on audio and...
View ArticleThe End: On Novel Writing
I finished. Well, kinda… I finished the manuscript to my novel late last year. It’s a book I have touched on and off for about ten years. Yep, an entire decade. I even wrote and published other books...
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