Final word count: 57,308 I have FINALLY finished the first draft of my novel, “Soundtrack to the End of the World.” It’s been a long time coming. Hell, it’s a good four months late if you want to know the truth. But now that the first draft is done, I’m feeling much better. It means […]

I recently received a question from Akasha Savage, in my comments, that I thought deserved a close look and thoughtful answer. Akasha asked the following: How hard do you find it to get your writing accepted anywhere? I write on the dark side, and although I’ve had a fair share of favorable comments and been […]

I just wanted to put out a quick post to say Happy New Year to everyone. I’m still stumbling around in a post-holiday stupor. I haven’t gotten much work done, though the past two days has provided opportunity to add some wordage to the novel (53,500 words total). I’m pretty sure I’m now looking at […]