Also known as \”The writing advice I wish I\’d had in 2011.\” I ran into someone on a Facebook group today, asking for help. This person had a bunch of books out, and none of them were selling. I went and analyzed the writer\’s work, and recognized a familiar set of problems. The writer was …
Every December for a few years now I\’ve done a post looking back at last year\’s goals, and how well I did in achieving them. Then I set out a new set of goals for the coming year. Over the years I\’ve done this, those goals have changed some. They\’ve been shaped by my experiences, …
For me, 2014 was a banner writing year. I managed about 150,000 words over the course of the year. Most of that was in my King of the Dead serial – which has been releasing steadily over the last couple of months. Episodes 5-7 are ready to go, and Episode 8 is almost there too, …
January was a good month. I set the goal at the beginning of the year to produce 500 words of fiction – minimum – every day this year. The idea is to not miss even a single day. I can go over, but not under. At the end of the year, I\’d have a minimum …
Managed to fall a bit behind, so consider this a \”catch up\” post. I\’ll try to stay more on top of the blog moving forward. When you saw me last, it was hanging with the kids on Monday. As I write this, it\’s Saturday! So what has happened since? Tuesday was a stressful day, with …
Today was \”day with kids\” day. We went out to the Lego Discovery Center and spent the morning there. We built race cars and ran them down the track – I made one with a cool angular body. If you\’ve ever used Legos, you probably know that angles aren\’t the easiest thing in the world …
Got back into the swing of things today. I realized why I was having some issues – this is a complex, multi-episode story which will span several \”seasons\”. I\’m seeing at LEAST 20 episodes to this. Likely a lot more, before I finish the story (not terrible, when you recall that the episodes are about …
Whoops. Fell behind on the blog, so I need to do two days of catch-up posts here. No writing done today. Mostly shopping. Was a Christmas shopping and window shopping day. Also bought helicopters. Little, fit in the palm of your hand remote control quadcopters. Which were then flown around the apartment. Much crashing and …
Spent all morning getting stuff done today. Fixed my EZPass account information, which took a LONG time on the phone, but the person I finally reached was very nice. Got my Comcast stuff dealt with, too. Basically a lot of little things that all needed to be caught up. I left after lunch to get …
Not a lot to report today. It\’s my \”up at 6am, out till midnight\” work day. Which makes for a REALLY long day. Luckily, the place I work has really nice people in it, and I come home tired from these long shifts, but not burned out. I\’ve been in nursing jobs were it was …
