Topheth, the second “Janelle Becker Book” is now available for purchase on Amazon.com and through Createspace. If you liked The Coppersmith, then Topheth is sure to satisfy. From the back cover: Special Agent Janelle Becker teams back up with Detective Curtis Bold to uncover the tracks of a serial arsonist burning churches in Rochester, NY. [...]
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A Sequel to The Coppersmith
Posted: 24th January 2013 by admin in Janelle Becker Books, The Coppersmith, Topheth0
And Just Like That…
Posted: 4th December 2012 by admin in In The Widening Gyre, Janelle Becker Books, Jefferson's Road, Praise Report, TophethTopheth is done. I wrapped up the final two chapters tonight (more accurately, this morning). The final tally for the book: 81,045 words. Not too shabby, frankly. I’ll still be vetting it with my writer’s group on Wednesdays, letting them assist me in editing it and getting it ready for publication, which will happen sometime [...]
NaNoWrimo Days 29 and 30
Posted: 30th November 2012 by admin in Jefferson's Road, NaNoWriMo, TophethJust so we have the numbers… Day 29 – 2,843 Day 30 – 3,107 TOTAL: 50,320! Yes, it’s official: National November Writing Month has come to a close, and after an exhausting last ditch effort, I have successfully written over fifty thousand words in just thirty days. Final tally, between the two books is as [...]
Very productive these past few days. I think we’re gonna make it! Day 26 – 4,049 Day 27 – 3,632 Day 28 – 4,606 Total words: 44,370 I have only 5,630 words left in the next two days to reach the 50K Finish Line! So far, I’ve added almost 29K words to The Tree of [...]
NaNoWriMo Days 19-25
Posted: 26th November 2012 by admin in Jefferson's Road, NaNoWriMo, Ramblings, The Writing Life, Topheth19-Nov 1123 20-Nov 0 21-Nov 0 22-Nov 3988 23-Nov 3430 24-Nov 1768 25-Nov 1078 I’ve got 32,083 words finished as of 11/25 (11/26 numbers are still being generated, but they’re in excess of 3,100 at this moment.) I still need to come up with another 15K words or so before Friday. I think I’ll make [...]
NaNoWrimo Days 13 – 18
Posted: 19th November 2012 by admin in Jefferson's Road, NaNoWriMo, The Writing Life, TophethDay 13 – 0 Day 14 – 1,532 Day 15 – 3,638 Day 16 – 834 Day 17 – 119 Day 18 – 0 Total word count so far: 20,696 I have 62,666 words written in Topheth and 53,978 words written in The Tree of Liberty. At this point, I should have 30k words written, [...]
NaNoWriMo Days 9-12
Posted: 13th November 2012 by admin in Jefferson's Road, NaNoWriMo, The Writing Life, TophethDay 9 – 645 words Days 10 and 11 – Nothing Day 12 – 1,150 Total so far: 14,573 Yeah, I’m wa-ay behind. Between writing up a co-op lesson, helping my kid get his video ready for his film-making class, taking a sick kitty to the vet and putting together the “Yes, You Can Be [...]
NaNoWriMo Days 7 and 8
Posted: 8th November 2012 by admin in Janelle Becker Books, Jefferson's Road, NaNoWriMo, The Coppersmith, TophethWord count day 7: 3,766 Word count day 8: + 221 (So far) Total word count: 12,441 For some reason, I just can’t get started today. I’ve got ideas. I kinda know what’s happening now with The Tree of Liberty, and after the election I’ve been rather re-motivated. Like so many Constitution-lovers, I fear the [...]
Day three – 1,829 words. Day four – Goose Egg. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Zero. Then again, it is the Lord’s Day. Spent time with the family after church and watched Blue Like Jazz that evening. Loved what Don Miller had to say about being truth-tellers rather than salesmen when it comes to faith and God. [...]
Word count: 3,355. I spent the bulk of my writing time finishing the revised outline to Topheth. The story has grown in such complexity from when I first began it five years ago. It might take longer to wrap up, if only because there’s so much more depth to it than I’d originally imagined. Nevertheless, [...]