Writing/Editing Update, November Edition

Novella #1. It patiently awaits my attention. Since this is a hundred manuscript pages, my  hardcopy review and red-pen markup will take a significant amount of time that I haven't yet made room for in my schedule. Novella #2. Big update here. Sent a query to an editor, who requested seeing the manuscript. It's with …

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The Bookmark Is In: The Song of the Dead

I'm currently deep into Carrie Patel's The Song of the Dead, the third of her Recolletta novels. The series is set centuries after a mysterious Catastrophe (as it's called by the survivors) has wiped out a good percentage of humanity, which in turn resulted in the loss of most modern technology, so the world has …

Writing/Editing Update, October Edition

The end of the month got so busy, I'm a few days late with the update! Novella #1. This one is still circling the airport. Novella #2. The manuscript returned from the beta reader with suggested edits and some queries. Even as I'd sent it to the beta reader, I realized some shortcomings of the …

My Big Fat Geek Heart Attack

As I've previously referenced, a couple of months ago I had a heart attack. Sunday, August 5, 2018, to be precise. There I was, mowing the lawn. We have a postage stamp of a yard, nothing strenuous. It was a hot and humid outside, but far from the hottest day of the summer. In fact, …

Writing/Editing Update, September Edition

I'm endeavoring to get back in the swing of things following August's detour into heart-attack country, and there has been movement on my various works in progress. Novella #1. Although I list it as number one, that is not indicative of its priority on my to-do list. At a hundred manuscript pages, and also being …

Zeno’s Paradox and Manuscript Drafts

Okay, I'll admit it. I double majored in creative writing and philosophy, what I've often described as the two most unemployable degrees I could have pursued. Luckily, that sentiment turned out to not be completely true, as I've made a living out of writing and editing, so that half of my BA has become nicely …

Writing/Editing Update, August Edition

Well, where did August go? As it turns out, to a very strange place indeed. A week and a half after writing the July Edition of this update—as those of you who follow me on social media know—I had a heart attack. I'm going to do a post on that soon, so I won't tell …