This morning at 7:15 AM, I completed the first draft of my most recent novel, currently titled The Unexplored Territory.  Huzzah!  This will not be the final title.  I just can’t come up with a better one. In a couple of weeks, I will do a first edit as I have previously noted, but I need a break from the story right now.  In the last 12 days, I averaged almost 2000… Read More

I’m sitting here listening to a football game on the ‘radio’ which is actually online, but the fact that I’m doing that precludes me from writing, even though the kids are down for their afternoon nap.  But I’m not feeling too bad about not writing right now, because I passed the 70,000 word mark last night, and have about 7-8 chapters left to write – somewhere between 10000 and 16000 words, depending… Read More

As per usual, when things get a bit busy, the first thing that gets dropped is this blog.  The good news is that the source of my bus-i-ness, is, for the most part, my writing.  My current work in progress is approaching the 55,000 word mark, and for the last ten days or so, I’ve been writing quite steadily, having missed just two days, a Saturday on vacation in Oregon, and yesterday… Read More