Book 1 Project Archive
Today’s writing progress was decent. I finished a short interlude scene in the castle kitchen then moved on into the next, important one that introduces more of my hero’s family history as well as covering her looks by way of …
I had a decent day of over 700 words this morning, wrapping up my second scene – the first from my second character’s perspective. I meant the scene to be about a highway robbery, but it made more sense to …
Yesterday, I was listening to the Six Figure Authors podcast and they were doing an episode on mistakes beginner authors make. The first mistake that Lindsay Buroker covered was “listening to advice that was too advanced.” I only heard the …
Today I continued work on scene 2 of the story. This one never appeared in my initial outline and I hadn’t intended to write from this character’s point of view, so it’s good practice to develop as I go along. …
In my first attempt at this book, I had the entire thing written from a single POV, because I thought that might make it an easier project to complete. But when I think about it, almost all of the books …
Last night, I was talking to my wife about why my writing has gotten so slow. I think there are two factors. One is that I am mentally overwhelmed most days. Work has been hell lately, particularly relationships with my …
I am still super-stressed and overwhelmed by all of the demands on me, at work and at home. But I am trying to use my writing as a way to escape. Rather than thinking about the writing process, my goal …
It was a chaotic weekend with barely any time to work. Both mornings, kids got up ridiculously early, cutting off my work partway and not leaving me time to blog about the progress. That really tells you everything you need …
I am still struggling to get into an efficient writing rhythm and only got about 200 words done today. I lost some time this morning because I wanted to order an author copy of my non-fiction book from Ingram Spark …
OK, so last time, I said I was going to blow up my WiP and try to rewrite it from the beginning, being more free and less prescriptive in what I wanted my scenes to accomplish. I want to see …