Well, it has been an interesting week, to put it mildly.  I was able to kick off Nanowrimo in the manner I was hoping for.  I had over 2,500 words my first day which was exactly where I hoped to be.  Still, despite hitting the word-count, I wasn’t thrilled with what I put down. Yes, I know that the quality of Nanowrimo output can sometimes be a bit suspect but I had pretty high hopes for this book.  By day two I had straightened out the story and things were moving along better.  Now on day eight I’m just shy of 18,000 words; maybe not quite as far along as Aaron or Terry, but I’m well on track to hitting […]

Well… Nano is officially on and despite my earlier bravado, I am somewhat concerned.  I just started a new job on October 1st with a brand-new company.  Oddly, that has meant that my focus isn’t quite on Nano which means that I’m not quite as prepared as I would like to be. Still, even though I have some butterflies flitting around in my stomach, I am excited at the opportunity to write another book.  I was out for my mid-day stroll with a friend of mine and we were talking about my last Nano experience.  As we were talking I realized just how much it meant to me.  I know this one will be even better. As I’m writing this […]

By this time, one week from today, some folks will already be at 10,000 words on their Nanowrimo book. Pretty crazy, wouldn’t you say?  I know I certainly would. Still, last year there were a couple people who claimed to be done their 50,000 words by day 2.  I suppose it’s possible, but I shudder to think what the quality of those 50,000 words were. Maybe it went something like this:  “all work and no play makes mike a dull boy… all work and no play makes mike a dull boy… all” well you get the idea. If it were me, I’d rather not bother at all. No, I think I will take the high road and actually try to write something […]

OK, I’ll admit it, I’ve been procrastinating the past few months.  I haven’t been fighting to get my “Mik Murdoch” book ready to send out. For those of you keeping score, “Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero” is the second book I’ve written.  I actually wrote it last year during Nanowrimo.  It turned out so much better than I expected that I plan to send it out to publishers. There are two problems with that plan, though:  (1) Editing and (2) Synopsis. I know darn well that I can’t edit my own stuff with anything but a strong personal bias.  That means I won’t be getting the book into the best shape it can be if I don’t get outside help. I have put […]