3000 Words a Day
That’s my goal, every weekday, from now until classes start at the end of September. If I can hit it, that will mean approximately 105,000 words in 7 weeks, translating to a finished draft of ...
Novels
Dumps Week
Lots of things suck this week. One, I am an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest loser. Didn’t make the next round. Didn’t really think I would, but it’s a bummer all the same. So I sent ...
Only 8 Working Days Till Spring Break
It’s called Easter Holiday here, but that does not clearly express the sense of freedom and liberation that is a 3-week spring break. Plus, I’m not Christian or pagan, so Easter just means more Cadbury ...
I’m an Amazon Breakthrough Novel Quarterfinalist!
Yes, I remember entering this contest…vaguely. Very vaguely. Oh well. Received notification this morning that I am one of 500 quarterfinalists (out of a maximum 10,000 entries, that’s not bad). You can see my novel ...
The Pathfinder: Chapter 2
Previous: Prologue & Chapter 1 Gloria rubbed her eyes open, her fingers scrunching through the dried tears that had clotted in her lashes. She reached over to her left, beginning the Saturday morning cuddle ritual ...
The Pathfinder: Prologue and Chapter 1
Previous: Teaser PROLOGUE The sky had taken on that sickly olive drab tinge he had known so well a lifetime from now. The hurried crowds coursed through the streets of the city, always passing through, ...
Teaser: Pathfinder
A few people have bemoaned the fact that I have not posted much on this blog recently. It is not because I haven’t been writing. Rather, it’s because I’ve been too busy to work on ...
The Devil Eats Fried Chicken: Prologue
“Dr. Fuller?” “Yuh-huh?” “I can’t…I dunno what I’m s’posed to say here.” The caller paused, his voice gravelly with misery and dirt. “She asked me to call you soon as… She wanted you to come ...