Dan
The Insanity of Querying Part II
Howdy, So, that darn query letter, eh? Well, I'm pretty pleased at the moment. Since revamping my query letter a few weeks back and...
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Dan
- Jan 2, 2020
- 1 min
A New Writing Year
Howdy, Time to make those New Year writing resolutions! First, I'll look back on my resolutions from 2019. Finish the Arduous Edit -...
Dan
- Dec 30, 2019
- 1 min
Draft Completed
Howdy, Exciting news! This morning I finished the rough draft of my current WIP, a YA fantasy. This is really amazing, I knocked out this...
Dan
- Dec 22, 2019
- 2 min
What I've been reading, December 2019 Edition
Howdy, Recently, I polished off a couple of extra-long audiobooks. I listened to both of these on Libby, the audiobook app that lets you...
Dan
- Dec 14, 2019
- 1 min
The Insanity of Querying
Howdy, Lately, I've been enthralled by my current WIP. It is still going well. I continue to be super pleased with my progress. For the...
Dan
- Dec 11, 2019
- 1 min
The Writing Parent
Howdy, I write this during my final hours of single fatherhood. In the wee hours of tomorrow morning, my wife will return from a...
Dan
- Dec 1, 2019
- 1 min
NaNoWriMo 2019
Howdy, How did your NaNoWriMo go? Mine went swimmingly, thank you very much. As I've mentioned before, I didn't try to do anything crazy...
Dan
- Nov 27, 2019
- 1 min
The Tribulations of Querying
Howdy, Happy Turkey Day Eve! Is there anything worse than trying to market your manuscript to agents and editors, etc.? Probably not....
Dan
- Nov 24, 2019
- 1 min
What I’ve been reading, November 2019 Edition
Lately, I've been devouring YA. I’ve read some exceptional YA over the past month or so. This is great since my current WIP is a YA...
Dan
- Nov 22, 2019
- 2 min
November Update
Howdy, As NaNoWriMo passes its midpoint, I continue to be pleased with my progress on my YA WIP. So far in November, I’ve knocked out 8...
Dan
- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
Stolen Elections and School Shootings
Howdy, All the wild news from the impeachment hearings to the latest school shooting has reminded me of a sci-fi short story called War...
Dan
- Nov 2, 2019
- 2 min
YA WIP November 2019 Progress Report
Howdy, Another November rolls around, another month of NaNoWriMo. Several people from my writing group are participating this year. I’m...
Dan
- Oct 27, 2019
- 1 min
Story Publication – Isolation Anthology
Howdy, Just in time for Halloween, Second Date, my first horror short story, is out in the Isolation Anthology from Fantasia Divinity...
Dan
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
What I have been reading, October 2019 Edition
Howdy, I’ve gobbled up some satisfying adult fantasy and YA sci-fi since the last reading update. So, without further ado, here we go....
Dan
- Oct 16, 2019
- 2 min
Thoughts On Planning
Howdy, After reading On Writing by Stephen King and discovering the master storyteller doesn’t plan (most of the time, anyway), I started...
Dan
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
Thoughts On Writing
Howdy, I finished reading On Writing by Stephen King a couple of weeks ago. As I mentioned before, there is a lot to digest in this...
Dan
- Oct 1, 2019
- 1 min
YA WIP Progress Report
Howdy, I'm super pleased with my writing progress this September. I wrote approximately 20,000 words. 20,000! That's quite a bit for me....
Dan
- Sep 24, 2019
- 2 min
What I’ve been Reading, Sept. 2019 Edition
Howdy, It’s been a while since I’ve written a post about what I’ve been reading. Lately, I’ve been plowing through YA fantasy novels....
Dan
- Sep 18, 2019
- 1 min
Writing Projects
Howdy, Right now, it feels like I have tons of iron in the writing fire. My new YA WIP proceeds at breakneck speed, which is totally...
Dan
- Sep 11, 2019
- 1 min
Going too well? Part II
Howdy, Well, it feels like it’s been a few weeks since I’ve written a post. I guess it has been, my last blog entry was on August 25th....