Time for my weekly writer’s roundup of works-in-progress and works ready to read! First-up, the second part of short story Out to Pasture is up on Aethereal Engines. Huzzah! The last part will be posted Saturday morning if it leaves you wanting more (and I hope it does). Last week I got started on chapter... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log: Mid-January Update
Lots of creative forces flowing in the past two weeks! Here is a quick rundown of writing updates: 1. I finished a thousand word short story draft for a writer’s challenge that goes live on the 24th. I’m calling it The Showroom and it is set in my science-fantasy setting of The Exerverse. It’s a... Continue Reading →
A Coat Around the Shoulders
On Monday my close friend Jessica, who I have mentioned here before as half of my “alpha reader” duo, lost her mother to a sudden and completely unexpected death. She was so shaken by the chaos of the unfolding event that I drove the hour long trip to her family home with her as a... Continue Reading →
New Fiction! “The Visitor” is up on Aethereal Engines!
I posted some new fiction today on Aethereal Engines and I’m reblogging it here! I’m still in the middle of working and revising my Unsundered novella-novel, but I was inspired earlier this week to create a short story called “The Visitor” for a writers challenge. It’s a standalone short fantasy story and a quick read... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log, September 19th 2014: Revision, Revision
This update finds me in the depths of some heavy duty revision of The Lost Tomb of Omo. I finally got all the pages back from Jessica, and her input confirmed my fears that the story had lost its pace early in the 3rd chapter. I was able to regain it in the 4th chapter,... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log, September 9th 2014: 26,284 Words and a Boatload of Refinement!
Hello Dear Readers! Last week, the combination of a working holiday weekend and a milestone birthday really impacted my available writing time. I ended up skipping the update to use that time to work on The Lost Tomb of Omo instead. I’m glad I did that, as it at least gave me a feeling of... Continue Reading →
Swords Against Genre! Engineer’s Log, August 19th 2014: 23,028 Words
I now officially have ten chapters written for The Lost Tomb of Omo! I printed the whole work in progress and it came to about forty double spaced and double sided pages, it was too thick to staple as one section! I always print hard-copies for review and revision. Call me old fashioned, but there... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log, August 15th 2014: Turning a New Chapter
I’ve added about 400 words to The Lost Tomb of Omo since my last update. That isn’t too bad for three working days where the amount I time I can devote to writing is minimal… Plus an epic thunderstorm that disrupted one of those evenings. It also includes a fair amount of revision where I... Continue Reading →
Engineer’s Log, August 12th 2014: 21,327 Words.
It is far past time for an update! I think that you will be able to forgive me however, as I have been using most of my spare time to work on The Lost Tomb of Omo rather than blogging. As of last night I have reached 21,327 words and I’m nearing completion of the... Continue Reading →
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