So, I’m officially 16,237 words into Book 16, which my word count estimator tells me is around 19% complete. Sixteen… Read more In Too Deep to Quit

So, I’m officially 16,237 words into Book 16, which my word count estimator tells me is around 19% complete. Sixteen… Read more In Too Deep to Quit
I wrote five new novel manuscripts in the twelve months between November 2018 and November 2019. That’s probably not as… Read more Creating a World in 6 Short Weeks
After watching my wife work on a couple of her oil paintings, I’ve come to realize that producing a work… Read more How to Paint Layers into Your Writing
It’s stupid, I know, but I have a bunch of sequel and new book ideas and I’ve been struggling to… Read more I’m Writing Six Books at Once
It begins. Cool Like Jazz. Left, right, left, right. Feel the street and hold it tight. Left, right, left again.… Read more Cool Like Jazz.
Here’s today’s Writing Prompt: Background: A 2016 study has found that Acetaminophen (also called Paracetamol outside of the U.S.) the… Read more Writing Prompt: 10 September 2016
I don’t have literary influences. That is, simply, because I have read more non-fiction than fiction. Although I love a… Read more Influences
I often see writers debate about which is preferable, “plotting” or “pantsing.” Plotting refers to diligently lay out your story’s… Read more Overthinking and Underthinking in Plotting
I’ve had people ask me from whence come my stories. … Okay, my dad asked me that once. Still, he… Read more One More Weird Idea
They whisper to me, you know. Like auditory hallucinations, I can hear their breathing, inside my ear, their breathy words,… Read more The Next Book, Day 1