Final word count:  41,580 Words this week:  5,213 Average words per day:  2,607 Well, I can claim that I hit (and slightly surpassed) by revised goal of 40,000 words. I never could quite recover from falling behind as far as I during Week Two. But, of course, I now have 41,580 words...

Current word count:  36,367 Words this week:  10,091 Average words per day:  1,442 I did my darnedest to try to catch up this week, with somewhat positive results. My total words for the week were a nice total, but not where I needed them to be in order to fully catch up....

Current word count:  26,276 Words this week:  4,968 Average words per day:  710 I knew this week would likely be rough, in terms of word count, with a week-long training and three days of personal travel, but I had not anticipated that it would be quite this bad. On the plus side,...

Current word count:  21,308 Words this week:  9,298 Average words per day:  1,328 Steady progress early in the week, chiefly due to attending a Virtual Write-In over the weekend. My word count dropped off significantly as the week wore on — as I pretty much expected it to due to commitments at...

Current word count:  12,010 Words this week:  12,010 Average words per day:  1,716 A fine, steady start to this year — actually far better than I expected, considering that I barely had a hint of an idea of what the story would be. (I still don’t, really, but it’s been interesting getting...

We’ve all been there: standing behind a desk or a counter for ridiculously long hours, letting the movie of our imagination roll behind our eyes. We’re certain that you can, far too easily, find inspiration from your workplace. Magic, mayhem, revenge — and, yes, perhaps even redemption — can...

Up until last night, I had absolutely no idea what this year’s story was going to be. None. Tonight, I have a title (The Light of Distant Stars) and a main character — actually several supporting characters as well, as I plan to set it aboard a starship in...

Since my book, Building Bay Brother, has been available for a few years now, it’s nice when someone new not only discovers it, cares enough to write a review. Author Ryan Southwick posted this review of it recently: https://www.ryansouthwickauthor.com/post/book-review-building-baby-brother. Thank you so much, Ryan!...

Shelby McDougall’s past is behind her. Almost. It’s been five and a half years since Shelby put her infant twins up for adoption, and she’s finally on track. Back in Santa Cruz, California, she’s sharing an apartment with her brother, Dexter, and in her second year of criminal justice...

The man who would beat the devil isn’t a hero, but a ruthless madman. Running from his dark past, former Duvalier hit man Charles Redmond is forced to take sides in a battle that has been raging since Exodus: between a power-mad magician named Silas Alverado and Sammael, the...