Sailing

that the guard now has a name. Hereinafter he shall be known as Chiioke. I gave in this morning and re-did the outline (again). It’s something like its fourth incarnation, and there are some serious holes coming in the climatic scenes. I know who all has to play the game for those scenes, and what…

Having experienced a measure of success in the ACFW Genesis contest the past two years, this year I decided to try out some of the other genres I’ve been writing in. This morning I got my third (and final!) entry into the ’09 contest. I’ve had a lot of help over the past couple of…

As near as I can remember, I am currently working on my sixth novel revision. By the time I’d written my first novel, I’d figured out that an outline would be a huge help. Why did it take me so long to understand that the same thing would be true of revision? In 2007 I…

Yesterday I wrote THE END on my eighth full manuscript. But does that mean it’s ready to send to a publisher? An agent? A critique partner? None of the above. In this case, the end doesn’t mean the absolute end of anything, other than the first draft. I’m okay with that. I already have a…

After almost two weeks of lolly-gagging around on my vacation (if you believe that, you’ll believe anything; hang around cause I have more lies I could tell you…) I went back to work today. Work for me has a dual purpose. It’s to sell flooring, organize my guys, make customers happy, provide a sounding board…