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Things are looking good! I’ve been working hard on A Troll and his Bard, bringing my word count up to about 77,000 words. At the end of the current chapter, they’ll finally reach Hubrook City, and then I’ll be able to dig into Part 4–the final section. I am very, very excited about it. Additionally …
Reading has largely been a time-capsule sort of thing for me, digging up classics and getting in line behind the thousands and thousands of people who’ve already read them. Putting in my two cents long after the zeitgeist has died away. East of Eden, Brave New World, The Hobbit. And honestly, this is usually when …
It feels strange and somewhat magical to hold such a large sample of a person’s life’s work in my hands. The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (spanning 966 pages on paperback or a little over 51 hours in audio book form) contains all but one of his published short stories, over 100 tales written …
Though progress with A Troll and his Bard has been a little slow lately, I’ve been trucking along with several short stories. The first of these is Trial Period, which went live on Amazon last week. You can grab it on Kindle for $1.99. Trial Period is a short story wherein an unnamed narrator shares anecdotes …
Haha, well, I had a good run of a couple of weeks last year when I did my weekly check-in. It got hard to do it after a while, though, mostly just because I went for weeks at a time without writing anything. But I have done some writing! I’m at a little over 70K …
Okay, fine. It’s been a gosh-darn long time! But I have been busy! Aside from all the Kickstarter stuff going on with Oaxaca, I’ve still managed to read several books, and I’m currently peer-reviewing a friend’s 37K-word book. Even better, I’m still making good progress with A Troll and his Bard! I’m up to SIXTY-SEVEN THOUSAND …
And this marks a solid four weeks of Word Count, my every-Thursday update about where I’m at with my new book and what I’m reading! A Troll and his Bard now stands at 53,295 words, which means I… lost over three-thousand words?! Well… yes. I mean, no, I didn’t misplace them, I mean I realized that Eldridge’s backstory was messing with …
Okay, back for week three of Word Count, where I pop in every Sunday to say where I am with my writing. A Troll and His Bard now stands at 56,670 words, which is almost 3.5K words more than the last Word Count. So, looking good! Still not sure if that’s going to come down significantly–the …
How about that! I managed to make it back for a second week to talk about progress on my book and then blather about what I’m reading/listening to. What’s that you say? Wednesdays? No, I’m certain I said I’d post about this stuff every Friday. Today’s Friday, so I’m right on time. Anyway, I’m sitting now …
This is going to be my weekly update about where I am with my writing, and maybe about what I’m listening to/reading. I guess it’ll happen on Wednesdays? My second book, A Troll and his Bard, is currently sitting at 51,162 words, and I’m about half-way done telling the story. If you’re curious what it’s …