Auto Draft

Another November of writing has come and gone, and it’s been an interesting one for me.  I’m pulled in more directions these days than I was in the past, and even the writing itself worked out differently than it ever has.  For all of that, it’s been a good month.

I’ve waited a lot of years [...]

Auto Draft

I have no excuse for my long absence other than a good one.  I have been busy to the point that time was stretched, tried to snap back and hurt me, and something had to give.  In retrospect, I probably should have shirked something that took more time…but there you have it.  I have been [...]

Words count

If you’ve ever read an author’s blog for any length of time, or followed his or her Facebook feed, you will no doubt be familiar with the tradition of posting sporadic or daily word counts. It is, perhaps, the only metric that writers have available to measure our productivity.

My favorite anecdote comes via Stephen King [...]