Well, as luck would have it, the break being forced upon me where I’d intended to continue Chapter 4 has an unexpected beneficial consequence. The sequence of events, as I’d sketched them out in my initial overview, doesn’t work. Some… Read More ›
The Old Man
No Simple Segue
Chapter Four had a planned mark to make that, by the plan, was supposed to be in Chapter Three. I made the decision to shift that mark into Chapter Four as Chapter Three had already gone on long enough and was full. Shifting… Read More ›
Hot Chocolate
As promised, I got some work done on Chapter 4 today. Given the marks I need to hit on this part, I may break the Chapter into two. We’ll see. Jimmy gets a talking-to from the Old Man, who has… Read More ›
Bumps in the Road
So I’m behind again. I could blame the weekend birthday party for our youngest that shifted the weekend chores onto Monday and the heavier than expected school workload. I could also blame the fact that Chapter 4 needs to start… Read More ›
Picnic’s End
I intended to finish Chapter Three this evening and by hook and by crook, it’s done. I think when I come to revisit this draft, I’m probably going to shorten it because it took a long time to get to the… Read More ›
An Afternoon Off
Well, it didn’t take long for me to fail to post on a Monday, as I’d planned, but hopefully the fact that I did get some work on the story done will make up for that. If you’re interested in excuses,… Read More ›
Delays and Interruptions
Starting off the year with plans to regularly write at least something seemed like a great idea, especially since I had the time planned out – Monday evenings. I’d either write at home while the wife & girls were at Girl Scouts,… Read More ›
A New Year
It’s been a slow start to the New Year, partly because the place keeps spending so much time below freezing, but I intend to free up time to keep moving along with these projects, or, more particularly, the Old Man…. Read More ›
A Beginning
I’ve been spending what little time I had available trying to get this darned idea for a book worked up into a first draft. In anticipation of time becoming available in the not too distant future, I figured I’d use… Read More ›
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