Progress Report
New writing digs
Things have been a bit quiet around here lately. I have a good excuse: We moved into a new house. Well, that’s not entirely true. The house is old: 83 years old. But it’s new to us. The move from a one-bedroom condo to a rambling old three-bedroom cottage has not been without its adjustments, all … Continue reading
A birthday gift
On the occasion of my 42nd birthday, this one’s from me, for delivery at a time to be announced later.
Quasi-NaNoWriMo 2011: Day 3
Here are the grim numbers: Date: November 3 Number of words at the start of writing today: 4,828 Number of words at the conclusion of writing today: 5,291 Words written today: 463 Words written in November: 2,623 Blame modern convenience for the paltry total. I came home from work at midnight, wrote most of a … Continue reading
Quasi-NaNoWriMo 2011, Day 2
Here are the latest tabulations as I keep myself accountable on a novel project I’m tentatively calling Rayfield: Date: November 2 Number of words at the start of writing today: 3,738 Number of words at the conclusion of writing today: 4,828 Words written today: 1,090* Words written in November: 2,160 * — This is why … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo: I’m in! Kinda. Sorta.
As I write this, National Novel Writing Month — known by adherents as NaNoWriMo — is sixty-four minutes old. Hundreds of thousands of would-be, never-will-be and most-definitely-are novelists are taking to their keyboards and trying to pound out a minimum of 50,000 words over the next thirty days. I already have the only NaNoWriMo badge … Continue reading
Progress Report: 7/26/11
There’s not a lot to report. I’ve been writing, writing, writing and it’s gone well, well, well, but I’m still not at the point where I’m ready to talk about the project in any substantive way. So that pretty much ends that. I spent the early part of Saturday at the Joliet (Mont.) Jamboree, a … Continue reading
Progress Report: 7/19/11
Welcome, again, to the land of incremental progress: The official release date of Ed Kemmick’s book, The Big Sky, By and By, is a week from today, and I now have books in hand to ensure that select bookstores around the state receive copies. I’m happy to say that pre-sales have been very brisk indeed, … Continue reading
Progress Report: 7/12/11
Big news first: Ed Kemmick’s The Big Sky, By and By is now available for the Kindle. And for the Nook! As for the rest of it: Had a very successful day Saturday at the Sidney Sunrise Festival of the Arts. As Kemmick himself notes, perhaps the most welcome development was the 70-degree day, with … Continue reading
