Twenty Percent True

Chugging along. This week I'm really starting to notice that this draft is awful.  It needs another draft to be even with my usual f...

I recently finished The Intern's Handbook by Shane Kuhn.  I think this one was recommended to me by Goodreads in one of their monthly e...

Things are still going well.  Being forgiving of myself is still working very well.  I've realized that if I get to 30,000 words this m...

I recently finished Wool by Hugh Howey, as recommended to me by my friend Eric.  Eric has earned himself a gold star. This is a series of...

I'm one week into National Novel Writing Month, so this is a good time to do an assessment of how I'm doing.  Quantitative assesme...

I just finished Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life .  This is a book full of writing advice recommended t...

I just finished reading The Magicians by Lev Grossman. This book was recommended to me as "Harry Potter for grownups," which tu...