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Work In Progress

Posts about my current work in progress. I’m aiming for spoiler-free information to let you know about my progress.

  • Missed Yesterday, Will Be Back Today

    Sorry to my reader (singular on purpose – but thanks!) but nothing got written yesterday. Today I’m doing some serious background work; I’m working on my outline and getting my timeline right. I’ve added custom metadata to Scrivener to let me identify the month and day for particular scenes. The writing has gotten to the

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  • Working on the B-Plot While the A-Plot Simmers

    Greetings, fam. Back with another context-free excerpt and writing update. If you tuned in yesterday you know I promised daily updates. So far, so good. I am writing a little later than usual today. It was warm, so I did the first mow of the year. I’m a middle-aged man living in the suburbs, so

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  • Work In Progress, Now With 66,000 Words And An Excerpt!

    It’s kind of amazing how hard it is to find time to write. I’m on vacation from my actual job right now, and my day still gets eaten up with, well, everyday life. The other day I did my taxes. (Need to change my withholding.) Shopping, picking up cars from the mechanic, everything takes a

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  • 60,000 words into the new book, and falling behind

    Just an update on the new book. It’s going to be the first in a series. I’m hoping for at least 6 books, but that’s up to Wendy and the other denizens of Noisy Creek. I’m going to be vague until the book is published, but it’s urban fantasy about a young woman who moves

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