Category Archives: Writing

February turned into a train wreck. Perhaps LTUE this year got me too excited to write. Suddenly all my plans changed. I dropped the fantasy novel I was trying to begin and picked up the YA paranormal fantasy I’ve been toying … Continue reading →

It’s been a rough slog, but I may be nearing the end of my preparations to begin writing my novel! I had intended to finish my pre-writing during my Christmas vacation, but in hindsight I have no idea what I … Continue reading →

I recently heard about an upcoming anthology taking entries and decided to give it a try. And since I’m still working (slowly) through a mound of pre-writing for my next novel I figured this might be a fun diversion. It … Continue reading →

November is National Novel Writing Month, as many of you probably know. The idea of NaNoWriMo is to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. That works out to about 1666 words a day; no small undertaking. I did … Continue reading →

I’m between novels, in a manner of speaking. I’m world-building for my next novel, which may be a trilogy of novels. And even though it’s in the same world as the previous two, I’ve decided I don’t really have enough … Continue reading →

Well, I just completed a significant edit of “The Minstrel of Fallowfield” (still not thrilled with the title, but I’ve got to call it something), the fourth book I wrote. As I feared, it’s much harder to tell what’s missing … Continue reading →

Admittedly that doesn’t narrow things down any. For the most part I can’t come up with decent titles for my novels. I come up with working titles that…well, work. For now. Until I can think of something better. Which I … Continue reading →

“The Merchant Prince” turned out to be one I had to drag across the finish line. Finishing the climax came about the same time as a bunch of craziness at work and home, and finding time, motivation, and inspiration became difficult … Continue reading →

I’m working hard toward my goal of becoming a published writer. Technically I already am, but I don’t really count my one story in a college literary magazine that I didn’t even submit to. My creative writing professor liked one … Continue reading →