Writing/Editing Update, June Edition

When I posted last month the Twin Cities were on fire. Things have calmed down on the burning front, but BLM protests are ongoing, as they should be, and people seem to be wearing their masks. Corona cases are steady here in Minnesota, not declining, which would be great, but not rising as in states …

Writing/Editing Update, May Edition

Already under a pandemic lockdown, now we have a curfew as well; I'm typing this month's update after a weekend of protests following the killing of George Floyd in police custody, with an officer's knee on his neck as he pleaded that he couldn't breathe. A pharmacy just a mile and a half from our …

Writing/Editing Update: April Edition

Oof. Another month of shelter in place. But now I can take the laptop onto our patio and work while getting some fresh air and watching the rabbits in our backyard. To keep from going too stir crazy, I've been doing a lot of video calls with friends across the country and even across the …

Writing/Editing Update: March Edition

Well, 2020 continues to be a kick in gut, and let's leave it at that. There's nothing to do but keep pushing forward. Steampunk Novel. Yet another month of no typing. Didn't even muse on the poor old thing that much. Shared-World Novella. Nothing new. I will start getting back to this as I wrap a …

Writing/Editing Update: February Edition

As mentioned in my October post, my stepfather passed away that month; now an uncle of mine passed away the last week of February. As you might imagine, my family hasn't really adjusted to the first loss, and now we've been hit by this second death. So once again, I'm traveling back and forth—it's a …

Writing/Editing Update: January Edition

Steampunk Novel. No typing on this while I was buried under deadlines, but it's been kept on a nice simmer on a back burner. Thinking so much about character arcs and how as I started the manuscript the lead characters were a bit too nice; they need some rough edges that will get polished by …

Writing/Editing Update: December Edition

Happy New Year and all that. Steampunk Novel. I did a little typing on this while staying at my mom's house, just a few hundred words or so, but it felt good to spend even a little time on it. I plan on digging back in this year to finally complete a draft.  Shared-World Novella and The Satellite Dish. …

Writing/Editing Update: November Edition

Steampunk Novel. This was supposed to be the year I finished the first draft of my long-suffering novel. After a slow period in late fall, I was starting to worry about making that self-imposed deadline. But with the various obligations thrust upon us after my stepfather's passing, I decided I had to give myself a …

Writing/Editing Update: October Edition

Late in October, around the time I would normally be putting this belated post together, my stepfather passed away suddenly after a fall. I don't post a lot of such personal stuff, but this sad turn of events had a large impact on my professional life as well. There would be no way to write …

Writing/Editing Update: September Edition

Steampunk Novel. Yikes. After blasting back into the novel throughout August after the nothing burger of July, September turned out to be another dead-end month as I scrabbled to meet freelance deadlines. More on that below. Shared-World Novella. Nothing new to report. The Satellite Dish. Nothing new to report. Ko-Fi. A quick review of the 2014 legal …