Barfly

Barfly is finished. 68,708 words and 23 chapters. It only took me 25 days (from November 21st to Jan 14th) to write from beginning to end. I’m sitting here amazed by that fact…25 days. Yes, I wanted it finished by the end of December, but life is not something you can always plan out and it threw me a major curve ball when it took … Continue reading Barfly

The Last 15,000

Last night as I sat down to write, the words were struggling to come out. I didn’t like the way the sounded together, apart, and so on. They didn’t move the story forward. They didn’t do anything. They just sat on the page mocking me. I studied my outline, read what I had written, and got nothing. Today, I realized why the last 15,000 words … Continue reading The Last 15,000

Break

Received another rejection letter today. The total is now 15 rejection letters with 1 of positive feedback. Break it down further and it’s this: 6 no responses, 9 actual rejection letters. And to break it down even further, it’s this: 8 form rejection letters and 1 personalized rejection letter. I’m sitting here listening to my friend Gareth Asher’s song “Break” and it’s kind of how … Continue reading Break