Bleah

Working on The Source right now, about 47,000 words in, and I’ve hit a slog. That is to say, one of those times when I just start thinking everything I’m writing is deadly dull, slower than frozen molasses, and every one of my pocket-sized fanbase is just...

Back

I meant to try updating this every day, but I’ve missed a couple of days because we headed out for a quick trip to Las Vegas. I haven’t been back there for years–it was fun, though I’d have liked a bit more time. The highlight was the David...

Weekend

Spent the weekend working on the new assignment. Having a lot of fun with it, though it’s taking longer than my own stuff (a lot longer) because I keep going back over it, second-guessing myself. (“Is it good enough? Is it exciting enough? Will people like...

Beginnings (finally!)

Inspired by yesterday’s post, I spent some time fleshing out the outline for The Source last night. I’ve known for a while that this one was going to need a solid outline before I could start it—more solid than I usually do. Like “here’s what...

Endings

It’s always a weird time when I finish a writing project, especially a long one like a novel. I’m a pretty fast writer (usually!), so a 100,000-150,000 word novel takes me somewhere between two and six months to finish. While I’m writing, I’m...