Writing/Editing Update, July Edition

The remodeling adventure at my mom's house in the country continued throughout July. With the overloaded work month of June behind me, my daughter and I took a much-needed long weekend to dash off to the Shore Leave convention, where I was a writer guest. This was their first in-person con since 2019, and also …

Writing/Editing Update, June Edition

General chaos continued throughout June as moving, parts I and II, commenced in earnest. As previously established, we sold our house, bought a condo, and started remodeling at my mom's house, henceforth known as the country home, which at least sounds less grandiose than "country estate." There are two parts of moving, because all the …

Writing/Editing Update, May Edition

During the month of May we found a condo to buy, found someone to buy our house, and really got the ball rolling with a contractor on some remodeling at my mom's house. Over the next couple months there will be much packing and moving and unpacking and painting and rearranging and general chaos during …

Writing/Editing Update, April Edition

Another blur of a month. The most exciting thing about April was Star Trek Mission: Chicago; I made the very adult and responsible decision to not attend the convention and save the money... a decision which I've come to think of as a huge mistake! Nevertheless, I got to enjoy it vicariously since my daughter, …

Writing/Editing Update, March Edition

I didn't see many April Fools' Day high jinks online this year . . . I think a lot of us are just burned out by plague and insurrection and war and not feeling up to it. That said, the couple I did see brought a much-needed smirk to my face. Today it occurred to …

Writing/Editing Update, February Edition

Right, February is the short month. How does that always manage to sneak up on a person? "The Loneliness of Monsters," aka Untitled Weird World War Story #2. After some speed bumps involving me confusing the due date, the story was finished, submitted, and accepted into the forthcoming anthology Castle of Horror 7: Love Gone …

Writing/Editing Update, January Edition

Wait, what, it's February? I'd better get around to wrapping up what happened in January. Untitled Weird World War Story #1  is still waiting for me to finish Untitled Weird World War Story #2. Untitled Weird World War Story #2. Nice progress on this, up to about 3,000 words and only a few more scenes to go. …

Writing/Editing Update, December Edition

And just like that another month—and another challenging year—are gone, and good riddance! Bouncing back from the coronavirus misadventure of November, during December I tried to get caught up and get various projects back on track, with mixed success. Of course, the busy holiday season makes it tricky to get extra work done. Deadlines for …

Writing/Editing Update, November Edition

Oof. It's been a month. The first weekend of November my wife thought she was coming down with a cold. That Monday I felt something coming on as well. By that evening, I told my wife, "I've either got the flu or covid." It turned out to be the latter. We both had the plague: …

Writing/Editing Update, October Edition

Per my previous writing/editing update, I've spruced up my testimonial page with some more current authors and books, and have just a couple more testimonials to add as they come in. For now I'm aiming for six fiction authors and six nonfiction authors. Even though I'm currently doing predominantly fiction, I still like to show the …