Category Archive: The Novel

Novel Update #11: New Discoveries

Well here we are in the New Year and I am back at the manuscript. Before the holidays ended, just before New Year’s Eve, I received a 20-page very detailed evaluation of my… Continue reading

Novel Update #10: Whew!

Whew! It’s done…for now. My BIG EDITS of my manuscript concluded last night. My First full Edit consisted of inputting corrections, making some changes here and there and generally cleaning it up. This… Continue reading

Holding My Breath

I’m tired. No, actually pretty damn exhausted. It has been a busy couple of months and it’s not really going to slow down much. I have been intensely Editing the manuscript each day… Continue reading

My Novel in One-syllable

Sam work. Bad thing. Guest there not see. Fear fast clean. Talk leave. Stew. Play. Drink. Fun. Then sick. Dread. Friend knows. Wife no. Sick bad. Doc tests. Not good. Death near. Bye… Continue reading

Too Fast

I live at a fast pace. I’m not a race car driver (though I do like to drive fast. I have absolutely no patience for slow drivers). I move fast. Eat fast. Clean… Continue reading

In the Dark

Mary sat in the dark. The torrential rain pounding the living room windows made her uneasy. If she didn’t know any better she would have thought something was trying to smash its way… Continue reading

September Eleven

  It streams from a place of longing and pain that continues to flow as the clips and sound bites cloud chaotic space with noise memorial mentions of heartfelt grief intertwined with mementos… Continue reading

Novel Update #9: DONE!

It’s Done! I have completed my manuscript for FALLOUT as of last night at 10:30pm. And I cried. Yes, I wept for the end and the completion of the journey for my characters.… Continue reading

Novel Update #8

I have failed. I humbly acknowledge my failure in completing my Novel before the end of June. Try as I might, summer has gotten the best of me and my precious writing. I… Continue reading

Novel Update #7

I got choked up. I actually got emotional when I completed my… novel outline yesterday. Yes just the outline. But you see the outline, which has been written and rewritten a hundred times,… Continue reading