Category: The Unfolding Story
The emergence of my book (books?)…
The emergence of my book (books?)…
As some may know, in a fit of insanity (or perhaps in a fit of clarity) I have decided to not only write the book I started a few months ago, but to finish one I started a few years ago as well. For anyone interested in more about this, take a peek back over […]
I have been slacking in the book department for a few weeks now. I guess I have a form of writer’s block. The odd thing is the block is not one of words. I have story ideas floating around in the noggin. It is more a block about the physical activity. I cannot seem to […]
I was going to proudly announce that I passed 20000 words on my book today, but I surpassed my own expectations and actually have almost 23000 words done now. As well as 7 full chapters, and a story I am actually proud of. Woohoo!
As I journey more and more in this new adventure I have set upon, I face new challenges every moment. This is to be expected, and I am not complaining. My mind has been stagnating for far too long, so a good bit of regular exercise for it is just what it needed! Of course what I am doing […]
For those interested, I have now officially gotten to almost 10 percent of a typical fantasy novel. In my mind a milestone worth noting. Despite a lack of regular discipline yet, I have managed to pump out over 10000 words of a cohesive and maybe even good story. Still a very looooooong way to go, but I almost believe I can actually do […]
As I slowly learn to fit into my new superhero costume (Writing Man), I am finding there are many little tricks to learn to survive the first time novel-writing experience. Unfortunately these are not necessarily the types of things seasoned writers are likely to share with a newbie. Maybe because their trials were different. Or they just deem it […]
Not sure deciding to start writing a book on Fourth of July weekend is the best idea! I am proud to say though that despite lack of sleep due to working and debauchery followed by a day of slacking for recovery purposes I have still managed to make some progress! I managed to create a database to track characters, […]
Today I took some steps to firm my commitment to give birth to a book, as well as help the process along. For obvious reason, what to write has been a strong presence in my mind for two days now. Because of this and the wild and woolly ways of the active mind, I had me a dream this […]