The Worlds - lite

Artichoke Annie has an interesting post up today. It's about John Steinbeck. The post lists several of his suggestions for writers. On...

For the past few days, I've been reading a draft of a sci-fi novel I wrote a few years ago. It's called The Worlds -- which is als...

Xmas Carol, my horror novel, is suspenseful -- which means the timeline is critical. Everything has to fall into place, smoothly and easily...

After the last major edit I'm reading Xmas Carol, my horror novel, without changing a word. I'm on chapter nine and I expect smooth...

I just removed all the copyrighted Xmas carol lyrics from Xmas Carol, my horror novel, and replaced them with lyrics from public domain Xm...

Yes, of course I'm still editing Xmas Carol. I will until the day I publish the book. But this post is about hardware. Much to my...

Things are great in Xmas Carol land. I like what I read, no matter where in the book I stop. At this point I'm just wandering through...

In the earliest days of this blog, I wrote a few posts that outlined my approach to novel-writing. I'm not the sort to heed other peopl...

It seems obvious -- of course you're alone when you write. But I mean you're really alone, to the point where you may as well be w...

Another reader joined the pack last week. My longtime friend Dale read Xmas Carol and I'm happy to say he gave it an enthusiastic revi...

I keep saying I'm "editing" Xmas Carol but a more accurate statement would be that I'm rewriting it. I'm always rewri...

Yesterday I finished my final edit of Xmas Carol. Today I'm printing the book (okay, my sister is printing it) and tomorrow I'll s...

I have only three more scenes to edit in my horror book, Xmas Carol. I'm standing right in front of the finish line. The reason I...

Thanks for asking. It's going very well. Yesterday I edited seven scenes in chapter ten of Xmas Carol -- a big load for one day. I'm...

I'm still toiling in the trenches. At the moment, I'm at the end of chapter seven in Xmas Carol. There are twelve chapters. ...

I thought I had it made when I managed to write three books in two years. A wunderkind, right? (Never mind the age, smarty.) B...

I'm continuing to have a pleasant experience reading Xmas Carol . I'm somewhere in the fourth chapter (of twelve) and I'm enjoy...

I read the first chapter of Xmas Carol and it sounded fine. Was I still changing things as I read it? Of course; anything can ...

Xmas Carol, my horror novel, is done. Phew. I just did a spell check on it and I'm going to print it and read it, though I may put th...

This Xmas Carol edit is killing me but I'm happy to report that I have only nine more scenes to edit. I'm down to single digits! A...