29Nov 2017 by admin

What a GREAT Day!

My Books, Writing
I got right to work today on my writing. When I had finished my day's quota (self-imposed), I was delighted to see that I had reached a percent completed of 21% for Alien8, and 10% for Retiring Without Falling Apart. I've set up a Google Sheet to track my work. It's simple, just 4 columns: Date          Words that Day       Total                Percent Complete I'm big on tracking progress. I think it's hard to keep focused on big projects (which a book is, generally), unless you can see how your efforts are paying off. It's the same with weight loss - those who don't keep track get discouraged. So, along with the numbers being updated, I also added a…
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27Oct 2017 by admin

Getting Ready for the NaNoWriMo Sprint

My Books, NaNoWriMo, Writing
Less that a week to go till the start of NaNoWriMo2017. I'm spending about half my writing time getting the first fourth of the book planned out. I may have to do the rest next week.   I want to have the broad outlines of the new book in place, so I can know the ending point I want to aim for. Yes, I am basically a Planner - at least, I prefer to know the general direction of large projects, and draw up benchmarks for my work, so I can finish at the time and place I want to be. Here is the working cover for the new book - I'm thinking about using my initials - LS - and turning that into a name for my sci-fi books.…
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26Oct 2017 by admin

Welcome to My New Website

Business, My Books, PUblishing, Writing
I'm planning on using this site as a general Author website. That means: Talking about my WIP - Work in Progress - I will occasionally post short excerpts from my novels or nonfiction books. Using it to promote my new books - if I don't tell everyone, how will they know I'm done and the book is out of the gate (to use a horseracing analogy)? Posting about Things I've Learned About Writing, starting with this, that was accepted by the Writing Cooperative on Medium. Links to other sites that I've found helpful - writing, publishing, managing a business (which is what writers do). Look for updates at least once a week, on Thursday morning.
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