Right, here’s how it is shaping up: BOOK ONE: Rainlords of the ScarpenBOOK TWO: Masters of the Quartern or Masters of a Quartered LandBOOK THREE: Beyond a Painted FutureBOOK FOUR:Beneath A Quartered Sky orFall of Random Rain or Time Of … Continue reading
Overall: 163,287 / 180,000(90.7%) Percentage revised: 138,910 / 180,000(77.2%) More than three-quarters!I’m getting there…Tomorrow I will be up in the mountains at 6,000′ which is always good for the creative juices. … Continue reading
Probably won’t get much writing done today, as I have to do the powerpoint presentation for the workshop I am giving in Kinabalu Park. But here’s an update: Here’s the length completed as of now, compared to the estimation of … Continue reading
If you haven’t entered the competition with the dubious prize, today is your last chance. Tomorrow I will announce the winner. And if you don’t know what I am talking about, look at the entry for September 8th. You have … Continue reading
156,654 / 180,000(87.0%) That’s the total as I pack it in for the night…just short of another 2,000 words, and up another 1%. … Continue reading
Some readers write reviews that I love, not because they are full of praise, but because they make me think about my own work. And I learn things.There is one such reader review here of The Aware and Gilfeather. But … Continue reading
I actually had to spend most of my writing time today (limited mostly to grandson’s afternoon nap time and late at night) writing out answers to an interview. However, having talked about the number of words in a book in … Continue reading
152,219 / 180,000(83.0%) Here’s the progress: the orangey bit is the new words, up from 148,707. Doesn’t sound very much, but I am also pruning as I go, tightening up the previously written, so I am well content. Here’s the … Continue reading
This is what my word meter looked like last time I was working on Drouthlord, Book One of The Random Rain Quartet (working titles). 147,000 / 180,000(81.7%) This is what it looks like when I finished today… 148,707 / 180,000(82.6%) … Continue reading
Exploring Malaysia on this avitourism project was tremendous fun, even if I did lose pints of blood to leeches and ruin two pairs of trekking shoes and a pair of sandals, not to mention my knees. Trouble is, after the … Continue reading
