So ... tornadoes.

I don't need to say "possible" tornadoes, because several people got videos and photos of the funnels and their damage. I headed up to dispatch, and so the photos I'm showing were taken from the dispatch window a short time after the fact.


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Or, you may gotten the newsletter three days ago, in which case ... never mind. But don't forget our author appearance this coming Saturday at the Art and Author Fair, which you can read all about here:

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           A little writing update: While we were in Missouri I made it a point to work an hour or two each day on my Storm Chaser sequel, which was original called Storm Damage but now has the working title of The Notorious Ian Grant. (Partially because there’s already at least one book named Storm Damage.)  I’ve now finished the second draft ( ( Read more... )

In all the fuss lately I forgot to mention that I hit 50,000 words on the first draft of the Storm Chaser sequel. Cue party!

Unfortunately, I may have to put it aside for a little while, because I need to finish up the fire history book in time for the Albion Fire Department's 125th anniversary in just over a year -- the perfect time for a book ( Read more... )

I’m 36,000 words into the Storm Chaser sequel, and maybe ¾ of the way into the story. It’s a little sketchy at the moment: I need to add more description, internal thoughts and other things, which means at this point I’ll probably be close to 50,000 words in the second draft. Right now I’m enjoying the characters and blazing through the plot ( Read more... )

A little something about how (and whether) to outline when you're writing a novel -- with some examples about character creation from the under construction Storm Chaser sequel.

http://writersofmassdistraction.com/2012/01/29/preplanning-your-novel/

25,000 words done on the first draft of my Storm Chaser sequel! There's still much work to do, but I'm ahead of my 5,000 words a week goal, for now. Still mulling over the title; Storm Damage isn't terrible, but it's been done. Now that I've gotten to know his character better, I'm considering "The Notorious Ian Grant".

‎14,000 words done! New ideas to incorporate in are popping up every minute, so I'm taking a lot of notes for the second draft. Oddly enough, there's not a whole lot of romance so far (odd considering it's the sequel to a romantic comedy). The two main characters are together in almost every scene and have good chemistry, but it's almost more like ( Read more... )

Hit the 10,000 words on the sequel! Of course, this is just the rough draft: There’s nothing to say I won’t decide half those words are junk and throw them out later. On the other hand, some areas are a little sparse on detail: I wrote half a page of just dialogue during … well, I won’t say during what. I’ll go back to fill more in later, and also ( Read more... )