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Release notes, process, and the odd dispatch from the desk.

• September 24, 2013

  My Last Days Continues!

  Over the last three weeks, I’ve been chugging away at My Last Days, trying to get through the first draft.  You can see the recent word count history there on the right.  A couple of big days early on, but I’ve been slowing and missing days due to “real life” getting in the way.  It’s

  First Draft · Sample Chapters

• September 5, 2013

  A Sour Chord update & Progress on My Last Days

  It didn’t occur to me until I just typed the title of this post that both of my first two books have three word titles.  Completely unintentional, I assure you. Since my last update, a number of things have happened. So let’s catch you up, shall we? I launched this here website.  It’s not entirely

  Sample Chapters · Third Draft

• August 17, 2013

  Third Draft *really* complete this time!!

  As I sit here watching Die Hard on this fine Saturday morning, I thought I’d post an update on where things are. I finished the third draft early this week.  There’s around eight new chapters and three or four have been expanded further, but were previously existing chapters. I’ve also spoken with a few more

  Third Draft

• August 10, 2013

  Third Draft Complete!

  Based on the feedback I received from the four folks that finished reading A Sour Chord, I’ve revised the book to complete the third draft. I’m really pleased with the first feedback! I sent out the book to a total of 7 people and heard back from 4, so I’ve done some revisions based on that

  Third Draft

• July 31, 2013

  Friends are reading A Sour Chord!

  So much has happened in the last week!  Let’s get you all caught up, shall we? For starters, I’ve sent out the book to half a dozen friends to read and give me their feedback.  Not so much on the grammar and typo side, but of the story itself.  They’ve been chugging along pretty quickly.

  Second Draft

• July 21, 2013

  Second Edit Complete!

  It’s been a month since my last update and I’ve been hard at work on reconfiguring parts of the story. Since the last update, a number of things have changed and gotten completed; Our female lead has gotten a name change — I never liked the name I originally picked, so I went through a

  Second Draft

• June 19, 2013

  First Edit Complete!

  I was so excited about the progress this week (not to mention busy) that I didn’t have a chance to write a blog about this week’s big milestone: the first edit is complete! Austin really pulled through and edited the last half of the book in about a week, and I managed to get through

  First Draft

• June 10, 2013

  Editing Continues and Some Thoughts

  I’ve been chugging away at the edits that Austin sent over before he left for a vacation in Greece (I know, I’m jealous too!) and I’d guesstimate I’m a little less than halfway through the list of edits he had. So far I’ve trimmed a few thousand words out through the various edits, which I

  First Draft · Progress