Seeds, Sprouts and Story Structure

It seems like it takes forever for the seeds to start to come up. Doesn’t it seem like forever to get a book written? Seeds are like ideas for stories. There’s a little bit of DNA in a seed with lots of food to feed that DNA. Sprouts are like stories. They...

Weeding, Planting seeds and making your bed

It’s been a busy couple of weeks. Things are getting in the way of my writing. I’ve been doing a lot of gardening; pulling weeds, tilling the ground, and planting seeds. I got a big garden with over a hundred planters/flower pots and a 80 foot long three foot wide...

The Long Hard Slog of Editing

I’m almost finished editing my second book for the tenth or twelfth, or is it the fifteenth time. I approached an editor for a quote on a developmental edit. I sent him a sample of the book, five thousand words. That’s a little more than the first chapter....