I’ve been in a weird headspace for a while, now. I’ve taken steps to try to identify the problems and address them. The biggest problem is, though, that there are way, way, way too many items on my to do list. I filled an entire page and a half of my legal pad with items. […]
I guess it’s been a while since I updated. Oops. The novel is going well, but I fear that it’s a lot longer than 60,000 words, particularly if I add in all the short stories I’ve been writing as background. Here’s the current progress bar with an assumption of 85,000 words: 49729 / 85000 I
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That’s the name of the short story I just finished. It’s about 5500 words, set in 1910, in Germany. I think it’s next “chapter” for “The Guardian Hound.” Or rather, it’s part of the mythos of this novel. Does it go where I currently have it? At the beginning? Later? I’m not sure. Here’s the
I love the Lord of the Rings movies. They weren’t the books. I enjoyed them for the immersive movies that they were. Just before Christmas, while I was so sick, I re-watched all three movies (also to get me in the mood for The Hobbit.) I’ve been thinking a lot about how, while I love
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I’ve gotten into the habit of writing. I’m going to have to start the day job again tomorrow, but really, all I want to do is to write the next chapter of “The Guardian Hound.” Today I finished chapter six. This week, I only have to do one more chapter to reach my goal. However,
I listed the totals of what I published over here. Under the cut is the expanded list of everything I published, with links. One of the things I learned while putting together the list: I didn’t blog about at least three of the things I published this year. For example, I never posted about the
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I didn’t really write today. Maybe only 1500 words. I needed a break, after writing so hard and fast. I’ll still finish this chapter up tomorrow, and maybe do one more before the end of the year. I went back and looked at my stated writing/publishing goals for 2012. I did most of what I
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Yesterday, I wrote a lot of words. Really. A lot. By the time I finished, I realized I had two chapters worth of material, not one. Approximately 4800 words. Today, I typed up both chapters. They ended up being about 7000 words. (As part of my process, I always hand write everything first. But there
I sold my short story “Sisters” to the Fiction River: Unnatural Worlds anthology. “Sisters” is a story set in T’ang dynasty China, about a little girl who wants to honor her sister. Fiction River, as you may or may not know, started as a Kickstarter project. Here’s a blurb about the project, and the first
I have this week off from the day job, and that’s been oh-so-lovely. This morning, I slept until I woke up, around 10:30. Boy, was that nice. But I’ve also been writing. I’ve finished the first two chapters of the new novel, about 7000 words (7525 words, actually.) These chapters are turning out to be