2023

Author Goals 2023

Editing: 209 of 258 pages Going into the new year I wanted to set some year-long goals for myself. This is not a resolution to be tossed away by the end of January, but guidelines to help progress as an author. When I chose the goals, I needed to look at all aspects of my […]

Repeated Words

Editing: 110 of 258 pages When you are writing, it is common to repeat words. During the first draft of your story, the entire goal is getting all the story in your mind onto the computer (or whatever your method of writing may be). During the endless cycle of edits, there are so many elements […]

First Draft Complete

I am happy to report the first draft of Book 3 in the Divine Land Of Illur Series is complete. I wrote 81,958 words. That is less than my first two books, but still within the goal of 80 – 90K. I also know there are many areas of the manuscript that need descriptions added. […]

About A Quarter Left

Divine Land of Illur, Book 3 – Current Word Count: 70,608 For a total book goal of 90,000 words, I only have about a quarter of the book left to write. This means the characters are heading towards the finish-line of their arcs. There is a final scene in mind for this book, and I […]

NaNoWriMo Complete

Current Word Count: 56,311 National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is officially over with the ending of November. I wrote 35,029 words from 11/1 – 11/30. While the goal was 50K words, I am very happy with my word count. I wrote very little during the holiday week because my family had off from work and […]

Free Promo & 46,000 words

The first book in the Divine Land of Illur series is available as a FREE Kindle eBook on Amazon from November 16th – 20th, 2022. Be sure to pick it up soon, since it will only be free for a limited time. For those of you noticing the decent daily numbers I am posting on […]

Goals

I officially completed 7 days of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). There are daily (1,667) and weekly (11,669) goals that will eventually get you to a 30-day, November achievement of 50,000 words. So far, my daily writing sessions are going well, even though my total words written on Saturday was low. Since I surpassed my […]

NaNoWriMo

Yesterday was the first day of the National Novel Writing Month. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words by the end of November. If you do the math (50000/30), this means I need to write at least 1,666 words per day to achieve the goal. This seems like something I can accomplish, and […]

Book 3 Progress

I started writing book 3 of the Divine Land of Illur Series on June 1st. A very interesting “thing” has occurred with book 3, making it different in a lot of ways from the previous books. I am excited about this change and hope all the readers of the series will be too. I am […]

Two Book Series

It is amazing to publish one book, but two or more seems astounding. I officially have a two book series available on Amazon. It seems surreal. You can purchase Snare Of Illur in paperback, hardcover, ebook, and it is also on Kindle Unlimited.