The Road Ahead
Below is a list of novels and novellas that I’ll be writing for the next oh, say twenty years or so. Yeah, I’m that crazy. It’s important to plan ahead, but maybe I take that a bit too far. ;-)… Read More »The Road Ahead
Below is a list of novels and novellas that I’ll be writing for the next oh, say twenty years or so. Yeah, I’m that crazy. It’s important to plan ahead, but maybe I take that a bit too far. ;-)… Read More »The Road Ahead
I passed a significant milestone on my current WIP today. I went over twenty thousand words on the first draft. While this is not a NaNoWriMo novel, I should have 50K words and a finished novella some time in December.… Read More »The Blood Empress +20K Words
I’ve not been writing much this week due to unreliable lunch breaks. But the few times I have worked on The Blood Empress, I’ve had a ball with it. This story is very familiar to those who read Fantasy. It… Read More »Some Thoughts on the Current WIP
Just a reminder that this weekend and the next week or so is crunch time for my latest novel. So the posts around here will be sparse. Keep and eye on the word count progress bars on the main page.… Read More »Word Count Up Posting Down
I’ve had a fairly productive week of writing on my Work In Progress – The Rising. I’m currently sitting at around 62K words and I’ve just crossed over into the fourth act. So things are moving right along. I had… Read More »A Novella is Born
Special Birthday edition of the Weekend Update. Today I am forty-eight years old. Football My son’s team got shut out by a group of kids that have been playing for each other for four years and were really good. But… Read More »Weekend Update 08 Sep 2013
This weekend we finalized the wood flooring we will be getting for the common areas in our home. A maple wood is our choice for its rich, modern look. Here’s a sample photo. Football Next topic please. Writing Not much… Read More »Weekend Update 01 Sep 2013
Thought I’d offer my audience a look at the latest Plume Beta, since it’s really not for public consumption yet. This being Beta software, things are not final and are subject to change. With that disclaimer out of the way,… Read More »Plume Beta Sneak Peek
I had a major revelation about my current WIP this week and it meant pulling out about ten chapters of the book. They had not all been written, but a major subplot is now gone. This means reordering my remaining… Read More »The Board
When I was a kid, growing up in central Florida and outside Chicago, I made movies. My buddies and I got together and scripted, built props, sets and costumes and then produced short films on Super-8 stock. My father used… Read More »My Screenwriting Past