From time to time, I write out a scene I know is going to be aborted because it won't leave me alone and I need to work out what I really want to be there. In this case, the scene was a followup to my first scene in chapter 1. I wanted something short to describe Charlie and introduce Sonya. Obviously, this wasn't great for the first point, but I ( Read more... )

Tonight's fare is a building up of the next novel. Last week's was a good opening chapter, but tonight was the beginning of the heavy lifting. There is one significant note, I skipped ahead one month from the last chapter. This is a deliberate editorial choice that won't happen often, if again. I needed to establish Charlie's life, post first novel ( Read more... )

This is it! The last 2 chapters of 'An Average Joe...In Love' part 3 are here! Next Sunday, the prologue to part 4 will be posted. But, in the mean time, I have a short story to preface this novel with, then I will edit it. Then I will have to format, ensure it's done properly, upload it to Amazon and other sites....it never ends, does it ( Read more... )