As I near the end of this first pass at my latest book, I’m thinking about what it means to be finished. I’ll be done with this stage of the process in a few weeks, but I won’t be finished. After this pass I’ll let the words rest a bit, and then go back and …
If you’ve been following this blog at all, you’ll know that back in May I made a post about finishing an outline for a new book. Well, I got about 30,000 words into that book and set it aside. Covid took over my mental space and I lost the thread. In September I started writing …
Despite my best intentions when the year started, the summer months were not productive for me. I started a new book at the beginning of the year, and then COVID happened, and I just lost the thread of the story. I stopped writing for about three months, and only picked it back up in September. …
Here I am on the porch again. I spent this Memorial Day weekend doing two things: hanging out with my daughter while my wife had to work, and getting my yard ready for the summer, and specifically, next weekend. The “getting the yard ready” activity included such things as mowing, edging, cutting down new growth …
I’m sitting on my front porch as I write this. It’s not a great porch, but it’s comfortable. There’s room for five or six chairs, and the table that my laptop is on. It’s also covered, and that is great, because it’s raining. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a porch guy. I love …
Really. They are. I was thinking about this the other day when I saw my daughter playing with pipe cleaners. I’m not talking about legit pipe cleaners that you would, you know, clean a pipe with. I’m talking about the colorful ones that you buy for arts and crafts. She was twisting them together. Two, …
I’ve been telling you how I’m working on Book 0 of my new series over the last few posts, but what I really mean by that is I’ve been working on the outline for Book 0. And I’m happy to announce that it’s just about done. I’m an outliner, but not everyone is. Some people …
Do you see the size of that notebook?? The monster in my left hand… see it now? That one? It’s bigger than my face. If you’re wondering, it’s the Leuchtturm1917 Master A4 Plus Dotted in Black, and I just got it, and I love it. Let’s discuss. A notebook, for me, is a very important …
I’m back! You’re probably reading that and thinking.. “Who are you?” and maybe “Back from what?” – excellent questions. Allow me to explain. Hey there. My name is Chris, and this is my site (no kidding, right?). I’m an author, and I’m back… to writing. It’s been a minute since I’ve been focused on my …