I am that writer who mostly doesn’t track things. Beginning last August, I did begin marking days I wrote (or didn’t write) on a calendar, but there is no rule for what constitutes a good day of writing, other than if I felt I did enough to earn a green X on the calendar instead […]
May 2019 Writing Recap
May was a month for some big changes. I not only started a new job on May 1, but it was also the day I started working on the new book. The new book is the second book in a three-book series about a girl born in a circus in 1923 — and her rise […]
Seventh Annual Writing Retreat
On May 19, a friend and I headed to East Texas for the seventh annual writing retreat. It was a return to the location of year five’s retreat: Daingerfield State Park. Upon arrival, we realized Texas State Parks no longer provide bedding and towels, so…being in the middle of nowhere meant a bit of a […]
The View Up There
We didn’t mean to go hiking Monday morning, but that’s what we did. Me, without water, and my friend Deacon with his Iron Man/Captain America mug full of coffee. We meant to just walk down to the lake near the cabin we rented for the annual writing retreat. (Full report on the retreat coming soon…) […]