I wrapped up my final draft yesterday. In spite of best efforts, I came in over my 90,000K wordcount by about 12,000 words. I don’t have a title for the novel yet (Matt comes up with my best titles, and I’m really hoping he can pull out something amazing, both for the first book and… Continue reading The Ohio Novel #1 Is Done! (Or what it’s like to disappear into a black box)
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Still kicking, still writing
So Ohio Novel #1 is pushing hard toward completion — or rather, I’m pushing hard and it’s fighting me all the way to the finish line. As I’ve discussed on the Alone In a Room with Invisible People podcast, having this book done doesn’t mean there’s going to be a new book. Not soon, anyway.… Continue reading Still kicking, still writing
The New Year, My Ohio Series and the Hero’s Journey
The Crash The new year is just an arbitrary date — not a real thing, not something that can change your life. If you’re in a Western European-derived country, then you use the Western calendar. In which Pope Gregory XIII built a new calendar to update the Julian calendar (which had an issue with equinoxes),… Continue reading The New Year, My Ohio Series and the Hero’s Journey
First snow in 30 years, and huge strides on the Dead Man’s Party revision
We knew yesterday there would be snow today. I made Matt promise to get me up when it started — and around 4AM, the snow began. (He was editing someone’s novel at the time, and he does that best when the house is quiet and he has it to himself.) So he came and got… Continue reading First snow in 30 years, and huge strides on the Dead Man’s Party revision
So now I’m 59
I turned 59 yesterday. As you get older, your birthday goes from being the high point of your year to something you give a wary sidelong glance as it whips by. You back away a little. Birthdays start reminding you of all the people who aren’t around anymore to celebrate them with you — grandparents… Continue reading So now I’m 59
Home in Ohio — We made it.
The last time I posted, we were in the middle of hanging hurricane shutters with Hurricane Dorian on its way in. Since then, we: Bought a house in Ohio Sold our place in South Florida Packed our stuff into a Pod (BIG shout-out to the folks at Pods.com, who totally kicked ass from beginning to… Continue reading Home in Ohio — We made it.
