So official version 5 of Altar of Heaven has begun. I currently sit at 6,000 words. I estimate it to run to about 70,000 purely based upon the length of version 4. That means I am about.... 8% done. Nice ( Read more... )

So I just chucked over 500 words from Altar of Heaven Redux. It might seem a lot to many writers but to me it is a lot. I could feel the story being drawn down the wrong path. It just felt "wrong". Does the fact that I can catch me veering off plot mean I am growing as a writer? I hope so. :)

Well, the Asimov story failed once again but I got a better feeling from the response. I think I will shelve it, revise it, and then try it somewhere else ( Read more... )

I've shelved Altar of Heaven for the moment. I have los tthe story somewhere along the way, not physically just emotionally/plotwise. I need to back off for a spell and work on something else to cleanse my pallet. This is kind crummy since I am in the final stages of the story, but it feels wrong. A step back is the best medicine I think for right ( Read more... )

I decided to take a creative vacation and flex my creativity into other works. I have several stories that have been purcolating in the background while I worked on AoH. Now that I seem to have a total Dead-Zone of Creativity in AoH, I am going to take the opportunity to shelve the story temprarily and work on an idea that has simmered on the back ( Read more... )

It's been a spell since my last update, so here is how it is going. I am at 68,500 words. Wynn and Araceli are both on their way to the Altar of Heaven for the final showdown. But that is where I am currently stuck. I have a vague idea of what I want to happen, but the exact details are a bit fuzzy. As they say, the Devil is in the details. I am ( Read more... )

Hello, its time for an Altar of Heaven update. I am sitting at 61,500 words so far and the story is still surprising me. It is like a hidden part of my brain knows the story to write but it won't share the information with the other parts. Every time I try to outline or plan the remainder of the book, I end up tossing it out by the time I write ( Read more... )

Once again, it has been a while and so let me give an update on the novel that demands be written, ALTAR OF HEAVEN ( Read more... )

I haven't posted any updates in a while so I thought I would give a quick one. I've decided to finish ALTAR OF HEAVEN since it will not leave me alone. Just when I try to walk away from it, I get new inspiration. It seems to demand to be written ( Read more... )

ALTAR OF HEAVEN is getting beyond my reach. I am 42,000 words into it. I look back at it and it like a badly repaired road. It is good in patches and full of potholes in others. I love scenes and I loathe others. My writing in some spots is spot on. My writing in others is choppy and stunted ( Read more... )