My website has been evolving for several years, now, and it’s finally getting close to what I had originally wanted.  My good friend and fabulous artist, Rob Brown, has done a couple of marvelous graphics for the site, and they really make it crackle.  I’m very grateful to him for all he’s done.  He’s also finishing up work on a new poster for me that is just amazing.  The detail in it is unreal.

I still need to drive more traffic to the site, but it’s slowly but surely coming along.  I’m glad I held out for the right artist instead of settling for someone whose work didn’t capture my vision.  It’s good to have someone on the same wavelength as I am to help give a visual representation of the books.  Thanks, Rob!

To see the update, please visit the site:

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I’m up to chapter five on book three, and I’ve hit one of those plot points where I’m discovering what is going to happen as I write it.  For me, this is both good and bad.  The good is that it makes the work exciting.  That process of discovery is one of my favorite aspects of writing a novel.  The bad is that each night when I sit down to write at a point like this where I truly don’t know what is going to happen, I get filled with anxiety that maybe this will be the night when the well has run dry.  I am confident enough in my process that I believe the story will unfold as it should and that I will find the right words and the right rhythm and the right pacing, but the anxiety is still there each night.

Chapter four was a different story, pardon the pun.  I knew what was going to happen from beginning to end.  There was a little discovery of details, but I knew the basic plot, so each night when I sat down and started my process, there was very little anxiety.  All I had to do was sit down and concentrate on where I was in the chapter, where each scene needs to end, and what details needed to be focused on.  It’s not as exciting, but it’s a lot less stressful.

So that’s a little about my writing process.  Later tonight, if you have some insomnia, remember to come back and read this post.  You’ll be in dreamland in no time.

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I am a fool; this much I know for sure.  I dive into everything head first and give everything I have to it without a second thought.  As a result, I get burned and hurt, a lot. 

I am at a point in my life when I no longer have the time, energy, or patience for those who can’t relate.

I am a good teacher.  Too many students have told me so for me not to believe it.

I am meant to live alone; this much I have realized relatively recently, and I’m okay with it.

I am a good father; this much I know more than anything.

Other than those few things, I don’t know much of anything.

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