Been a while since I put any posts up, and a friend recently queried as to what I’m working on. Granted, he’s primarily concerned with what happens to Peter in the next Jefferson’s Road book (don’tcha just love those cliffhanger endings?!), but it did put me in the mood of letting you all know what [...]
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Back from Break, Hard at Work
Posted: 16th March 2013 by admin in In The Widening Gyre, Jefferson's Road, Jonathan Munro Adventures, Ramblings, The Writing Life0
Jefferson’s Road: The Tree of Liberty AND the coolest thing…
Posted: 12th January 2013 by admin in Jefferson's Road, Praise Report, The Elixir of LifeTwo pretty cool things, actually. First is that the third mile (book) in the Jefferson’s Road series is now available in print and online. Jefferson’s Road: The Tree of Liberty is up at Amazon and Createspace. Like its predecessor, The Tree of Liberty takes up pretty much right where Patriots and Tyrants left off (so [...]
This morning I wrote an epilogue to the Jefferson’s Road series. Yeah, I know the series isn’t done. In fact, it’s only half done. But there are some developments within the third book that I wanted to follow up on, that can only be resolved at the end. Thus, the epilogue. It seems strange, writing [...]
And now, ten days into December, Jefferson’s Road: The Tree of Liberty is finished! I wrote the final words around 6:00 this morning and typed “The End.” Final word count tally: 84,703 words. That means this book is about 10K words longer than the previous “mile” in the road. My son asks me, “Do you [...]
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 [...]