I’ve never taken part in NaNoWriMo, and I don’t see a day I ever do. It’s not that I’m against it, but…it always seems I have other writing projects moving along when November rolls around. (I’m not willing to set those things aside to take on a new challenge.) Still, I think it’s cool that […]
Archives for May 2021
The Annual Birthday Wish
Three days ago, my wife and I visited my mom for a little birthday celebration in my honor (today is my actual birthday). We have all come to an agreement over the years that while we are all willing to put time into preparing meals and making the day seem a bit bigger for any […]
Behind the Scenes
For some time, people have asked me why I’ve not set up a Patreon account for Not About Lumberjacks. It’s always been a simple answer: “I created Not About Lumberjacks, in part, as a place to share my short stories. I wanted agents and others to see I’m prolific and have more to offer than […]
The “Problem” with the Current Novel
I’ve thought quite a bit in recent weeks about the submission process with the latest novel. Without name dropping, some impressive agents requested partial and full copies of the manuscript. Even when they passed, they let me know they were impressed by my writing and what I was attempting to do with the story. Mentioning […]
Quitting Writing (Sort Of…)
[The short version: I’m done submitting novels to agents and publishers. The current novel seems to have run its course. Because it’s the first book of three and I want to finish the series, I will. (Many writers set a series aside at this point because you don’t get to sell a series on a […]
Eighth Annual Writing Retreat
In 2013, a friend and I decided to take a long weekend, get a cabin in East Texas, and focus on writing for a few days. It became an annual thing until last year, when — like so many other events — we canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With both of us now fully […]