Month: October 2013

C.L. Stone: Write a million words. Your first million is practice. Hugh Howey‘s response: This is so difficult to appreciate and even harder to do....

draft start finish duration words/day size 1 1 Jan ’11 24 Aug ’11 235 720 169,000 2 1 Jan ’12 3 Aug ’12 215 976...

words paperback pages hardcover pages book 1: 164,916 659 549 book 2: 167,133 668 557 total: 332,049 1,328 1,106 (Pagecounts are calculated as 250 words/page...

Bondwine Books Few writers would spend six years of unremitting and unrewarded toil to complete a 600,000-word trilogy before the first book is sold Yeah,...

== 2064: Soldner Homes Ashok shook his head. “I don’t have time to accompany you shopping. I’ve got work to do.” “You can’t expect me...

== 2064: Atlanta Hackspace, Atlanta, GA, Earth The door to the hackerspace opened, and Vince walked in and peeled off his leather jacket. Maynard looked...

I started writing the novel on 1 January 2011. I’m still working on it today…which marks 1,024 days. ONWARD!...

I recently told an acquaintance what I’m trying to accomplish with this novel: This is what Heinlein’s Moon is a Harsh Mistress would be if...

I took six weeks off. A week ago I got back to the novel. Draft 4 target completion date: 15 November 2013....