Writing Process

Feb 15, 20211 min read

Minutes Can Make a Mark

My January writing for the most part was consistent, but with taking on a new job, a new role, February has soaked up every ounce of...

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Jan 10, 20211 min read

Writing crisp dialogue. What does that even mean?

Sometimes advice comes along and strikes me as so obvious and so unhelpful at the same time. This is like saying "cut out all the boring...

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Oct 31, 20201 min read

The NaNoWriMo Notebook

In preparation for NaNoWriMo I'm breaking out a fresh notebook today. I'm shooting for 30K to fill out my second half. This should give...

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Oct 17, 20201 min read

Writing Mentors and Hard Lessons

You won't find this quotation in a book anywhere or on Goodreads. This was given to me personally by Canadian author, Richard Scrimger,...

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Sep 26, 20201 min read

Aspire to Finish

There was a time, a stretch of years, where I had assumed I was endlessly working on the same book. I finished a draft. It was garbage. I...

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Aug 20, 20201 min read

Analogue Drafts

I'm took a break from editing the novel recently and starting a new short story in the Rifleman series. When I'm writing something new I...

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Aug 13, 20201 min read

The Stress of Daily Word Counts

⁠What do most writers considers to be a bad day? For me it isn't meeting word counts as much as it is sitting for hours in front of my...

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Chris David Marshall