Of Ninjas and Aliens

As previously threatened, I’ve gone back to work on the YA novel that’s making the rounds. (Partial manuscript with proposal, natch.) It’s a dandy distraction while I’m waiting for other shoes to drop. I revisited my sample chapters, ultimately cleaning them up a bit further (yeah, yeah, I know) and tweaking them a smidge – [...]

Yeah I’ve given up my wings / They were only wax and strings

Not much to report over the last couple of days. I’ve been home decompressing from the busy weekend, running errands and whatnot. I’ve also been digging through a few old projects that never went anywhere … and deciding what to save and develop, and what should probably be jettisoned to the circular file. I’ve tossed [...]

Progress and Productivity

Today I sat down and wrote over 5000 words on a short story I’d been noodling on for a week, thereby completing it. Total count: about 6200 words. Hot damn, I say. It was the first new material I’d composed (apart from editorial repairs on Inexplicables) in months. It was tough getting started after such [...]

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