Because that’s how I roll — this Saturday, June 9th, Clockwork Kingdom will be available for free at Amazon. For one day. The last day, actually, that it’ll be free. Then I’ll remove it from the KDP program (the 90 days will be up on the 18th) and will put it up at Smashwords and […]
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There are times when I can multi-task with aplomb, skipping from one writing task to the next with ease. Then there are times when every time I try to switch contexts, I can hear the gears grinding in my head. Trying to work on both “Zydeco Queen” and “The Raven and the Dancing Tiger” at
Sent the final draft of Zydeco Queen off to the editor. ::dances around the room to “What You Gonna Do?”:: (Whatcha gonna do–when the zydeco–turn it up on you?) I like this novel. Of course, my worry is that people other than me won’t like it. We’ll just have to see. Trust that some readers,
My writing goal this week was 10,000 words. I was a little shy of 6,000. I’m actually really okay with that. I realized that, before, the goal of 10,000 words meant 2 chapters, each about 5,000 words long. For this novel, the chapters are about 3,000 words long. So my goal shifted, to 9,000 words,
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Yesterday I finished Zydeco Queen and sent it to my first reader. After she goes through and tells me what’s broken, I will fix it and send it to my editor. So I’m still on schedule for indie pubbing that novel come June-ish. I wrote the next 1000 words on a different story tonight —
One of the things that I always find frustrating with rewrites is how to measure my effort. For example, I worked for about two hours today on the rewrite of Zydeco Queen. In terms of word count, I only added about 600 new words. If I was writing first draft, 600 words in 2 hours
Today was Presidents’ day, and I had the day off from the day job. I told myself that I was going to live today as if I was a full-time writer. Of course, then life happened. I did get up and go write in the coffee shop this morning. I did write more tonight. I
I’ve finished the rewrite of the first chapter of “Zydeco Queen.” It’s about 2000 words longer, which is good. However, the word count isn’t a good indication of effort. About 3000 words are brand new, but that doesn’t include the rewriting. The chapter is now 6500 words long. So maybe 4000-4500 words are new. I’ve
I started the rewrite of “Zydeco Queen” last night. One of the things I can say about my writing is that it’s powerful. I don’t feel that while I’m writing it. But afterward, I can come back, and I can see the energy. I know it’s dynamic. Unfortunately, there’s almost none of that power in
I have finished and posted the fifth story! W00t! It will be available for free here for a week, until the next short story goes up. Then it will be available for $.99 from the usual suspects, Smashwords, Amazon and B&N. I started this story when I was living in New Orleans. I could never