New Christian Celebration IV

I’m almost halfway through the read-through of Marks of Repentance, aka Shanh’s story. I’m certainly seeing things that need addressing, but all in all I really love this story still. I wrote the first draft from March to July 2005 and wanted nothing more than to keep going and write its sequel. Somehow or other…

I was blog surfing this morning and ended up at Touch of Ink’s blog” and from there discovered this article on facing every writer’s second nightmare. The first nightmare has to be never selling any book at all, no matter how hard you’ve labored over it. The second nightmare is selling a few books and…

Who are your allies? Does it matter if you have any? On June ninth, Randy Ingermanson posted about allies on his blog, and it got me to thinking about the people in my writing life who fulfill this role. What are Allies? Randy sez: Allies are your writing buddies. They are your equals or near-equals….

I’m back to 5K on the Marks of Repentance revision. 2 chapters, 25 pages. Again. Have we covered this ground before? Oh. My. Yes. In fact, a month ago I was all the way to 13K. Now, not so much. But it’s better; it’s tighter; it’s stronger. I think.

Today’s count: 2593. Everything is so quiet in chat-land today with no word wars, no random links, no abstract discussions. Still, I’m happy with my wordcount and I’m expecting to cross the magical 50K line on Monday.