1,180 words. Not an earth-shattering number but those are the words that came out and onto the page today.  Writing is good.  Writing out of slump is even better. Continue reading

I’ve been asked by a few people why I haven’t mentioned writing on the blog as of late. Here’s my answer: I haven’t been writing. This is not an ideal situation.  It’s certainly not what I wanted.  The reasons are vast and varied but mostly centers around work.  People outside the world of academia think Continue reading

The past couple of weeks, almost a month now, my writing has been stuttering and sputtering.  In part this is due to our house remodel but a lot of it has been lack of enthusiasm.  The blank page has been looming and every word seemed like garbage.  I’ve loathed sitting down at the computer to Continue reading

  My word count over the past week and a half has been less than 250 words.  I don’t suspect that this will increase much in the next week or two. Anyone reading the blog knows the reason – the house is a construction zone and it’s pretty much impossible to concentrate when the place Continue reading

In my short near-career as a writer, I have completed two novels and I’m working on a third.  Not bad considering most people that say “I want to write a novel” never even bother to buy the pen and paper. However, like any writer, I’ve got a bunch more ideas percolating in that gray mass called a Continue reading

Last night for the first time in … *does some quick counting* … 46 days, I did not write.  Not a single word.  Nope. I mentioned once before that I set myself a personal goal of writing 250 words per day.  That’s roughly one book page per day.  If I did that over the course Continue reading

There are two possible scenarios for the lack of updates on the blog as of late: Scenario One: I was kidnapped by metallic pygmies native to my closet who held me hostage in a shoebox until a ransom of Peppermint Bark had been paid. Scenario Two: I haven’t been writing here because I’ve been busy Continue reading

Last week a certain agent ran a query contest – for one hour (from 8am to 9am EST), she would accept any and all query letters to her e-mail address.  In exchange, she would offer complete and honest feedback.  I figured my query letter is polished so why the heck not?  Fellow authors can only provide Continue reading

The sixth draft of Genie Memories is complete as of about 10:45pm. This is it.  I love this book but God/Agent/Editor willing, this is the final draft.  Short of glaring plot holes (of which I think I caught them all) and typos, I have nothing else to give to this story. My brain is far Continue reading

Steph just pointed out that it’s been almost two weeks since I last updated my blog. Um … oops? I’ll blame it on the ungodly heat and humidity we’ve had lately that has caused me to melt into a puddle of goo every time I stared out a window, let alone stepped outside.  With the Continue reading