Writing

Why it's pointless to argue with a review of one's book. … [Read more...] about A lesson to writers

I haven't written the new bit for chapter one yet, but I did cut 2000 words. … [Read more...] about Argh.

Had an a-ha moment – I think I know how to fix chapter one, and thus the entire flashback thread in the novel. —doing a happy dance— … [Read more...] about Buttefly effect

OK, so it's not quite horse puckey. I'm still missing some files (I'm sure they're on my laptop) and I know the problem is due to the fact that at one point I was working on four different computers, with three remote accounts for backups. How do you guys keep it all straight? … [Read more...] about not quite horse puckey

I'm printing the whole dratted thing so I can reread and get back into it. I'm working from a backup that's missing most of the stuff I added during November (bad me; must back up more often) and it's still well over 100 pages. I've glanced over the files as I printed them. It … [Read more...] about horse puckey

I wrote a quick scene during church yesterday (I'm going to hell, but I'll have a novel!) that I think will be the turning point for Hanah. Then I wrote an outline of a short story late last night, no doubt inspired by my weekend in San Antonio, about snooty people there and a … [Read more...] about Church writing