Category: Writing

It's been a very nice break from work this past week. Even though I'm enjoying the new job, having a week at home has been great. I got to spend it with Liz and Monique. We hosted Christmas this year for the first time. It came off very well and the family had a good… Continue reading Writing break →

Well, it's done.I finished the novel on Monday August 2. It was a late night, but well worth the sleepiness next day.This represents the first full pass through the manuscript since September 2002. Before that it's been starts and aborted ideas. I never really got past the first half of the book. That mad rush… Continue reading Novel draft finished →

FridayPacked and stopped at the Beer Store on the way out of town.Picked up John and drove in after stops to get wine and groceries.Checked in to hotel.Ran into Nathan almost immediately.Registered at con and ran into Dan.Hooked up with Nathan again and checked out the charity auction (some interesting items present).Went to hotel bar… Continue reading Toronto Trek 2004 convention report →

I had an extremely productive week at the cottage. I went through almost 300 pages of editing on my novel manuscript. I'm at the point in the book where the climax begins and only have 60 pages left to edit.  The whole thing grew by about 50 pages (possibly more since I collapsed a bunch of… Continue reading Productive week at the cottage →

Apparently the office is not a place for creativity. Since Liz will be on the later train, I decided to stay at the office to write. It just does not seem to be working.I'm going to put it aside and try again after getting home. Hopefully the results will be better.

Worked both yesterday the 5th and today the 6th finished problematic chapter 1 and problematic chapter 2. I think I've now resolved some major issues facing my protagonist. This is good.What's not as good is that I now face having to make adjustments all through the rest of the book (which from these chapters on… Continue reading Novel progress →

Worked on a very problematic chapter today. I'm very pleased with how it's going now. I doubt though that I'll be able to do much more until after the weekend.

It's been a long while since I've updated this, so I'm due.In the past two weeks I've been having a bit of a crisis regarding the plot of the story. It's making me question the whole thing. Slowly I'm getting past these doubts, but it's slow work.I'll say straight out that I think I may… Continue reading Updates after an absence →

I had lots of time at the library; a whole hour, but the place was full of noisy high school students. They must be studying for their exams. I am really looking forward to the end of the school year. I don't expect nearly so many kids will be here at that point.As it was,… Continue reading Bad day for writing →

Spent an hour today at the library while waiting for Lizabeth's train. Was able to finally push through a troublesome scene and get on with things.