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Writing in Chunks
So I got stuck again. I was cruising my way through the Kosan rewrite—had written 10 or 12 new chapters to add to what I already had—when I hit another wall. I won’t go into all the details here: maybe I’ll do that in the next official writing update, or maybe I’ll hold off until
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Writing Update – August 5, 2024
Hey, folks. It’s…been a while since I’ve updated here. Yeah, yeah, I know, I said I’d do it sooner, more frequently, all that jazz. At this point, all I can say is I got caught up in the various joys and stresses of life; this summer has been a busy one, and with how busy
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Writing Update – May 11, 2024
Oy vey. It’s once again been a while since I’ve posted here. Well, in my defence, life has been busy recently, and that’s impacted everything writing-related, including BS&K. Not that I’m complaining, though; Spring 2024 has actually turned out to be a pretty exciting time for me, when it comes to my personal life. This,
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Hard Work Pays Off!
Well, everyone, it happened. I got the editor letter for Nightmares Inc. back! I won’t bore you with all the details, but here’s the skinny: overall, this letter came back a lot more positive than the one for Kosan back in 2022 did! Now, don’t get me wrong: there are still issues with Nightmares Inc.
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Writing Update – March 10, 2024
Alright, update time. As I predicted, this last little while has been busy for me; if you’re a consistent reader here, though, you know that already. My main update this time is I’ve gotten stuck on Blueblood. Or, well, maybe not? Kind of? I’ve stopped actively working on it, anyway. I got stuck on a
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Blueblood is goanna be long…
The title really says it all, doesn’t it? Well, maybe I should elaborate a bit. I’ve been plugging away at Blueblood: I’m not moving as fast as I’d maybe like, but still going. I’m at about the 65,000-word mark now; conventional wisdom in today’s market says a sci-fi novel should be about 100,000 words, maybe
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Writing Update – January 16, 2024
Oof. I knew it’d been a long time since I’d written here last, but two months? Yikes. Sorry, guys. In my defence, I’ve had a lot going on: plugging away at my thesis, working away at my novels, and now applying to PhD programs. Plus, all the little everyday things: cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, shoveling
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Writing Update – November 16, 2023
Well, BS&K just celebrated its first birthday not too long ago! And, well, the site and the Instagram page haven’t seen much growth over the past year, but I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised. I’ve never been great at marketing myself, and even if I were, I don’t have much to sell. No published
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Can-Con 2023
Well, this weekend I crossed a new milestone: I attended my first fiction convention! I’ve toyed with the idea of going to a con for some time; of course, living in Canada, I’m relatively isolated from big events like that, most of which happen down in the States. Even those we do have are mostly
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First Draft’s Done! What’s Next?
Well, after over a month of hard work, I achieved one of my goals today. I finally finished the first draft of The Procurers. This one’s been a long time coming. The original idea was for this series to all be one book, titled The 8th Realm. I started writing that around New Year’s 2021,