"Memories of Light," a serial science fiction story written by Whatcom County residents, runs Mondays, July 22 through Aug. 26, in The Bellingham Herald. The chapters also will be available at this Serial Novel webpage. From Dean Kahn's article: "CHAPTER SIX: Wrapping...
The novel is now nearly 97,000 words (about 300 pages according to Createspace). Whew. Tonight I'm going to read Much Ado About Nothing with friends as a reunion for a performance from 2002, I think. Tomorrow I'm working on a swingset and a trampoline, which are both...
96,896 words. 39 chapters. Three Drafts. Thousands of words cut. First two endings cut. Ending changed. Now to get the last 13 chapters to the Story Editor. Weirdest thing is that I only added 5000 words in the last five days. It seems like twice as much. Of course,...
Hey folks, Passed the half a million characters mark! 😉 And 92,000 words. Closing in on the ending. Which changed in the last two days. There is a certain pull, a point at which the characters tell you what they are going to do (provided you've raised them right!)....
Hit 3107 words yesterday to raise $62.14 for St. Jude Children’s Cancer Research Fund. My 77,777 word novel is now over 90,000 words! Rewriting Ch. 31 of 37. Discovered that handcuffs connecting three people magically disappeared. Found a cool video that shows how to...
Will you pledge $ to St. Judes based on the number of words I write tomorrow? My biggest writing day was 6,000 words. I hope to hit 3,000 tomorrow. If you will pledge please go to http://dreadfulcafe.com/iron-writer for a flat rate pledge and if you want to pledge...
Robert L. Slater, author of the young adult, apocalyptic science fiction series Deserted Lands, has worked as a teacher in the beautiful Pacific Northwest for 20 years. Like some of his characters, he has a propensity for speaking in lines from 80s movies, drinking Mountain Dew and eating pizza.