>”She had told me, three months ago, that she could breathe underwater, and I had believed her. But now, waiting for her among the cattails, glancing at my watch every two seconds, I realized that I hadn’t, not really. Despite the years of repression, my hero instincts wanted to take over. My heels kept lifting […]

>So I feel much better now that I’ve chosen what project to work on for November 2010. And what project is that, might you ask?Bracken’s novel! Something I’ve always wanted to write, but never really sure how to. I didn’t know whether I should basically re-write Into the Flames from Bracken’s perspective (chose not to […]

>Finishing word count: 50,043.I feel like singing that “You did it” song from My Fair Lady.I’d like to say that this would not have been possible without the constant encouragement of many family members and a few friends. And let us not forget Sean’s persistent encouragement in the form of shoving me awake and thrusting […]

>I’m beginning to fear that my character bank is getting to big. And by that, I mean, too many interesting characters, from too many diverse countries and histories. I can’t believe that my readers will be able to keep up with them all! And yet, each one is important in his own way. I mean, […]

>The key to NaNoWriMo, which I think they tried to tell me when I signed up, but never really sunk in until today, is that you have to just keep spewing it out, no matter how bad it is. Normally I would think of a better way to say– “He looked down at his hands […]

>Well let’s just say that I’m not doing too well. I’m already 1000 words behind my personal goal and this story is starting to get old. I’m ready to work on something else! Hopefully I’m just overreacting and only reluctant to work on this story because it’s the second chapter and I need to get […]