Monthly Archives: May 2006

I decided to take the morning off from writing. That garnered me an extra two hours of much-needed sleep. I’m between projects at the moment, so if I’m going to take a brief sabbatical, now’s the time. Tomorrow I’ll have … Continue reading →

I scratched everything off my prodigious todo list this weekend. I sent the manuscript to the local copy shop via e-mail on Saturday and got it into a box and off to my agent yesterday. I spent most of the … Continue reading →

Today’s tasks: Print out a clean copy of Missing Persons Send above to my agent Reduce the 103,000-word novel to a two-to-three page catchy synopsis. In the words of my agent, it has to give people a good glimpse of … Continue reading →

Had an e-mail from my agent first thing this morning. He had five small suggestions for the most recent draft I sent him. I looked them over, made the appropriate revisions and sent it straight back to him. After several … Continue reading →

I’ve been revising the short story I mentioned last time. I’m in one of those infinite editing loops where I hope that each pass will be the last, but I end up changing something else each time around so that … Continue reading →

I finally got my column for Cemetery Dance issue 56 done yesterday and sent to the editor. I finished reading Lisey’s Story on Saturday and spent the next day or two adding my thoughts on that book and revising, re-revising, … Continue reading →

One week later, and the manuscript of Missing Persons is back with my agent. I often compare the process of writing a book to sending a kid off to university. Until the day it’s printed (graduation), it’s not gone for … Continue reading →

…one that has too few hours. I’m trying to accomplish final modifications on Missing Persons. I’m writing about 500 words per morning, slowly, but steadily getting to where I want to be by the end of the week. At the … Continue reading →

I’m working today—but I’m a legal immigrant. I keep hearing that Genesis song going through my head. I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien. Lisey’s Story didn’t arrive on Saturday; maybe today. My wife and I watched Mrs. Henderson Presents … Continue reading →