Between being busy at work and working hard on reducing the size of my novel, I’ve been neglected the Blog. On the good side, my novel has shrunk down to about 126,500 words. It’s finally in the ballpark of being where I want it to be and down 27,000 words from the last revision. I’m …
Category Archives: Blog
Not Dead
It’s been a long time. When I sit down in front of the computer and have a few moments I tend to want to work on the book instead of working on the blog, so the blog doesn’t get enough attention. I’m going to try to get better about doing more updates. The other factor …
The Reading List
I have a new section on my blog! Well, maybe it’s not that exciting. I have a list of books or series that I’ve read or started reading and I recommend, don’t recommend , or something in between. As I have time, I’ll add the reasons for my rankings, and more books as I either …
Updated
I’ve updated the chapter 1 evolution with version 2. It lost about a quarter of its words in the process of evolving from version 1.5, which tells me I’m awfully wordy. This is a microcosm of what I’m doing with the entire book right now. I feel a bit stalled out at the moment, but …
Cutting
I’m in the midst of cutting now. I’ve got about 5,000 words already gone, and there will be plenty more. At the same time, I need to make some changes and figure out how to make everything link up to them. In spare moments I’m doing a lot of thinking about how these changes will …
Slowing Down
The posts are slowing down and probably will continue to do so. When I get computer time, I usually have something I want to get down, revise, or a critique to catch up on, and the blog suffers. So the posts will be coming at a slower pace. The revision process is going to take …
Quotes
I keep having this feeling that my blog lacks anything to give a feel for the book I’m actually working on. It’s all about the process, but not the product. To help with this, I’ve decided to start adding one-liners of dialogue that can be lifted out of context and don’t reveal plot points. These …
New Stuff
I’ve made some changes to the blog. I switched themes to something more visually interesting and a little more writing related. It’s been up for awhile, but last night I finished making the little modifications I needed. The more interesting addition is my new section about the evolution of chapter 1 from rough draft to …