What Is This?

So, I haven’t blogged at all this month. (The one post I’ve made from August 2011 was one written up by author friend Tristi Pinkston to promote her wonderful new book.) Life has been busy. First, the month of July was met with my wife’s family reunion and joining my dad, his wife, and my [...]

You Know You're In Revision

Yes, this taking a lame stab at Jeff Foxworthy’s “You Might Be a Redneck if…” jokes. But you know what, these are so true that I find them humorous. You know you’re in the revision process when… You’re reading a professionally prepared textbook and want to yell things like “Comma splice!” or “‘You’re’ not ‘Your!’” [...]

What You Know Can Be Wrong

I’m back with another annoyance about critiques I’ve received in the past. You all know I hate it when someone wants to say “Gnome” or “Dwarf” CANNOT be capitalized and I say it can just like I’d capitalize “French” or “Hungarian.” Well, here’s another one I hate. And in all honesty, this post isn’t a [...]

Month End

Work. Write. Work. Write. Work? Write? Work? Write? Work? Revise? Work? Revise? Work? Revise? Work. Work. Work. Blog. Work. Blog. Work. Blog. Yeah, that’s basically how life has been for me lately: a bunch of confusion. See, at my job, I prepare the company’s financials. This means that every month I have gather to make [...]

Editing vs Revising

Maybe I should start a ‘match-up’ category since I like to pit to things against each other. Nah, I’m too lazy for that. Plus, I’m sick thanks to my son who learned how to share his cold. Yay! Anyway, there has been a question as to the difference between editing and revising. I’ve been stating [...]

Revision Hell

Yep, I’m there. It’s revising time. But you know what, I’m not giving up. Plan of action: Despite what I thought I wanted to do before LDStorymakers, which starts on May 6, it doesn’t seem feasible. So, for now, I’m focusing on my first six chapters. I feel they need the most work and the [...]

Drafting Done

So, for those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter or Facebook, I have completed the “first” draft of my novel. It hits above 72,500 words. “First”, by the way, is in quotes because I’ve written the same book about 5 or 6 times. This time, I have it right. The other versions were [...]

Wait, I'm Not Done?

Ok, first, no, I’ve not finished this draft of Eli yet. But I keep realizing more and more that the closer I get to finishing it, I’m still very far from finishing the book. What’s that mean? Well, it means that I’m getting closer to beginning my revisions. Yeah, you know that quote I’ve given [...]

11 Down, Who Knows Now

No, I’m not referring to 2011 being done already. I’m actually referring to the fact that I have just finished chapter 11 in Eli. (I have no clue still what I think of that title.) What this means to me is: I’ve been scared that I won’t hit the 70,000-word mark. As long-winded as I [...]

What They Said – Continuing the Writing Excuses Discussion

(I had to update this post because I wrote “Someone transcript” and not “Someone transcripted”, even though trasncripted doesn’t show up as a word.) Someone transcripted the entire writing excuses podcast that aired this week (it was actually recorded on July 31st, just fyi.) Here is the part where they read and critiqued my book. [...]