Okay, so you’ve been waiting patiently since I mentioned that I’m writing a book to find out what it’s about. Over the last few weeks, I’ve teased you with the title superimposed over obscure transportation-less wastelands. Now I’ve finally worked up the confidence (and word count) to let you in on the secret, the back [...]
I recently put the last few key strokes on the first manuscript of my book. That is not to say it is finished — in many ways the fun is just getting started. Now begins a period of review and revision, editing and soul searching.
About the same time, I stumbled across a document, an initial [...]
Those of you who have been following my blog for a while know that one of my long-term writing projects is a book, a novel. As my very first attempt at fictional writing, it’s been a learning experience to say the least. When I started out, I had no idea how to write a story. [...]
Behind every good story is a good story. As I have mentioned before on this blog, I’m in the process of writing a short story novel (that’s a story, too). And compounding the challenge of actually writing a good story is the other challenge of learning just how a good story is written.
I’m teaching myself [...]
I’ve mentioned before that a novel is on the way. I know everyone says, “I’m going to write a book.” Especially foreigners living in China like myself. Perhaps it’s because living in another country forces people to do something that writers do: look at the world in a different way. That head-scratching “I’ve never seen [...]
