I hope yours were merry and bright, that your halls were decked, and that any lingering reindeer pellets on your roof have ceased to smell. 2025 was…memorable for MBW, the HA, and me. But this isn’t the appropriate venue to rehash house-sale travails, or gnash my teeth over financial hiccups. Instead, I will review my… Continue reading The 2025 Rearview Mirror
Tag: writing
Texas Updates. Plus Savage Journal Entry 16.
It’s been nearly five months since MBW, the HA, and I pulled into the driveway of our new home in Texas. Five months of adjustments, slogging through bureaucracies (both governmental and private), home-improvements, etc. If you’ve moved from one state to another recently, you know what I speak of. Things are beginning to fall into… Continue reading Texas Updates. Plus Savage Journal Entry 16.
The Slog. Resurrected Post.
September 9, 2018 The Slog Writing is an incremental process. At least for novels; you can, theoretically, knock out a short story in a single session, though in practice that is rare. Creating a novel is a process. It is bricklaying, spreading the mortar and applying a layer of bricks every day. When you… Continue reading The Slog. Resurrected Post.
A New Journey. Resurrected Post.
June 3, 2018 A New Journey It is that time again. I started writing another book at the beginning of the week. The tentative title is Captain. It is the sequel to Boss (look for Boss in early 2019.) A new project carries with it a farrago of feelings. There is excitement at starting a… Continue reading A New Journey. Resurrected Post.
January Writing Update. Resurrected Post.
January 21, 2018 January Writing Update “So how goes the writing, Ken?” I arbitrarily determine you are asking. Well, let me tell you, convenient fictional interlocutor. I finished Chapter 9 of the the work in progress. That puts me, I guess, about one-third of the way through. Perhaps closer to half. The story will… Continue reading January Writing Update. Resurrected Post.
Idle Plots. Resurrected Post.
February 19, 2017 Idle Plots Pardon me while I ramble on a bit. This is primarily (or perhaps entirely) for my benefit. Consider it musing or work notes. Geography dictates the battlespace. As a rule, soldiers aren’t herded together onto a broad, featureless plain, formed up into ranks and columns, and marched headlong at the… Continue reading Idle Plots. Resurrected Post.
Rest. Resurrected Post.
January 22, 2017 Rest A few days ago I finished the first draft of the novel I’m working on. Huzzah. Glory and trumpets. Time to set it aside, gain some distance from it so I can approach it with fresh eyes for the second draft. Normally this means moving on to the next project. Now,… Continue reading Rest. Resurrected Post.
Bits and Pieces, Odds and Ends, This and That. Resurrected Post.
December 18, 2016 Bits and Pieces, Odds and Ends, This and That Perihelion Science-Fiction magazine published a bit of flash fiction I was commissioned to write for an article on The End of the World. (Read that last phrase in a pretentious film trailer voice, with a dramatic pause between the second and third word.)… Continue reading Bits and Pieces, Odds and Ends, This and That. Resurrected Post.
First Draft Contemplation and Commiseration. Resurrected Post.
December 4, 2016 First Draft Contemplation and Commiseration The way I figure it, I’m three-quarters through the first draft of Boss. If I can press on at the current rate, I should finish around March. How do I feel about that? Glad to be on the downhill slope. I can’t actually see the finish line… Continue reading First Draft Contemplation and Commiseration. Resurrected Post.