Ok. I reached a new milestone today! Books 1 and 2 have just been sent to the copy editor. . . finally! I’m sure they could be better, but sometimes in writing you get to the point of diminishing returns, when your head just won’t work anymore. Each time I do…
Editing continues. After writing my note on my US Naval Academy Classmates, I realized I haven’t talked much about what I’m doing now as far as writing is concerned. I have gone fishing a few times, but I’ll save that for later. About two weeks ago I finished making the…
Just a quick note to comment on something that just happened. As you may know from my bio, I am a graduate of the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. The Alumni Association has a periodical alumni magazine called Shipmate that tells what’s going on by class year, etc. I always…
Just came back from my third Write On the River experience at the home of Best Selling Author Bob Mayer and Deb Cavanaugh on the Tennessee River in Knoxville. It‘s a beautiful place as you can guess by the poster picture. And the two labs, Becca and Gus make you…
I’m just about finished with my second re-write of Future Discovered and am still amazed at how much I am learning and how much more I have to learn. Fortunately, my editor Tammy Slayer is really good and a great teacher as well. I mentioned that I had 125 comments…
Another step in the process was completed on July 29th and August 1st when I sent the second drafts of Future Discovered and Immortal Guardian back to the editor. I got the editors comments on Future Discovered a week after submission, and it was better than the first edit! Even…
Ok, much to my amazement I just finished dealing with the remaining 38 editorial comments in Immortal Guardian. It went quicker than I thought. I just sent an email to my editor, Tammy, that I am now 100% certain I will have the two books back to her on August…
I finished the editorial changes to book 1 Future Discovered a little over three weeks ago and sent the re-written document out to some Beta readers. I took a little time away from the writing and then took on the edits and re-write of Immortal Guardian. Keep in mind I…
I was recently asked what I do about writer’s block. To me, the term writer’s block refers to a point in the story development where you have no idea what comes next or what to do. Initially, I would take a break and go for a walk or do something…
I’m taking a break from the re-write of Book 2, Immortal Guardian. As a new science fiction writer, I thought that in this book I would have done a better job than I did in Book 1, Future Discovered. In some cases, that’s true. In others … well let’s just…
