(This post is mainly a reminder to me.  If it encourages you too that is wonderful.) So, you want to be a writer?  Me too!  I want to be a successful blogger and novelist.  Probably more on the novelist side of things when it comes to “success”.  And when I say success in this context I mean that I can make a living doing a thing.  I would love to...

Here I am, on the other end of November and I have a large chunk of my first novel written.  50,000 words is a lot and I can’t wait to finish the book and start the editing process.  I will probably slow down some since we are in the holiday time of the year but I will finish.  Here are some of my thoughts on finishing and a few things I have learned in the...

As most of you know, I am participating in the National Novel Writers Month.  Things are going well.  I am looking toward finishing early this next week with the 50,000 words.  But my novel will extend beyond that.  I am projecting that to finish the story will take at least double that word count. I have run into a dilemma.  I am presented with two options as...

I am a man a few words.  Some of you may argue this point but I am sticking to it.  I don’t like to say something that I haven’t thought through which usually means that I am quiet about something but then, once I am done processing, it all comes out at once.  So I guess you could say that I am a man of few spoken words but many thoughts.  I think...

Alright, folks.  It is time for me to put my money where my mouth is.  I have been trying to write a book for a several years.  I even have a few started and a lot of brainstorming done.  The hurtle I always come up against is, WRITING IT!  I start and then I stop.  Then I start again.  This is not a good pattern for a writer.  To write a book takes...

My blog is an interesting animal for me and it has changed over time.  If you knew me around 10 years ago you might know that I did not like the idea of keeping a journal.  As much as I wanted to write my thoughts down I did not want them in such a permanent form as ink on paper.  That unnerved me because I knew for sure that my thoughts on a particular subject...