by admin | Sep 18, 2019 | first novel, writing
I knew it had to be done, but it’s something I put off for many months. Almost a year in fact. I wrote another novel in the interim. It’s not like I simply had some polishing to do, so it wasn’t like ripping off a band-aid. (Unless that band-aid was...
by admin | May 28, 2019 | novel, writing
My bursa are bubbling and burning red but I am finally finished my “final” edit. The third draft is only 1,215 words longer than the second so I am pleased with the outcome. I managed to address a few continuity problems (always a concern when dealing with...
by admin | Mar 13, 2019 | musings, writing
My wrists and eyes are burning as I wrap up this final-ish edit of my novella The Humid, so I took a short break to see how my short story, The Masq, is doing on Amazon. Not great. Not even good, actually. But I’m neither surprised nor disappointed. It’s a...
by admin | Aug 15, 2018 | musings, writing
Perhaps conundrum is an overstatement. Especially given I know which way I’m leaning. It’s also not a pressing concern, considering I’m only done the first draft. And I might rewrite the entire thing in first person. (At least it’s only 75k...
by Russell | Aug 14, 2018 | first novel, writing
Zoom. Zip. Four months just flew by. There was another edit, of course, and Chapter Nine is no more. Its chewy bits remain scattered throughout the first chapter, but most of it is in the bin where it belongs. It was a massacre of darlings. And it felt good. But the...
by Russell | Mar 28, 2018 | first novel, writing
After 12 months, 4 beta readers, 3 drafts and 130,000 words I’m ready to share my novel with the world. Or at least a few editors. Well, hopefully some agents. But I’m new to this and learning as I go. And as I’ve been focused on writing and eating,...
