First draft of first novel: Fait accompli
I just finished it. I was hoping to have it wrapped before New Year’s Eve–new year, new project-kinda thing–but what with the usual Christmas ...
Category: work in progress
A new record broken
Oh, hi. I didn’t see you there. What am I up to, you ask? Nothing much, really. Still trying to get settled into the temporary apartment, still supporting...
Oh yeah, I passed 80K words in my novel, BTW…
For all the nail-biting and concern about the idea of how I’d ever possibly get to 80,000 words in my first solid crack at writing a novel–what with...
New writing goal will be met… and smashed
I continue to work on my novel when time allows, my own dumb distractions can get effectively put aside (I’m a writer, so will put my ability to procrasti...
At a creative crossroads
I’m continuing to toil away at what will be my first novel, but have once again run into the “What exactly am I doing here?” stage. Meaning, i...
Volume of work begets creativity
I realized ages ago that I come up with the bulk of my creative ideas while working on other material. Not as much sitting and staring out the window (though th...
Whooooa, I’m half way there/ Whoooo-OA!…
I’m happy to announce that on my current, most dedicated attempt to write a novel, I’ve now passed the half-way point of what is seemingly considere...
This is your captain speaking: We’re at 31,000 and climbing.
Yesterday I broke the 31,000 word mark on my novel WIP. It’s not a ton, of course. It’s not even at the half-way point of the 80,000 words that conv...
A new high and the dangers of merging ideas
I wrote just over 2500 words today. And that’s as of this writing, so there’s a chance (albeit slim) that I’ll be adding more, depending on ho...
Progress is good
… by which I mean that progress is a good thing as well as that I’m making good progress. In this particular case, on the planned novel. I had anoth...