Monthly Archives: October 2014

Changestone v 3 is Completed!

Posted on October 31, 2014 by

Going back to “Changestone” was a nice change of pace after “Silent Scars.” I found that I kept a lot of the same wording this time around, just deleted things here, and added things there. Made this draft go fast. … Continue reading →

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Silent Scars v 2 is Completed!

Posted on October 30, 2014 by

In November 2012, I first got the idea for Riak’s story. And I did not want to write it. I spent nearly two years and over 105,000 words writing around it, and it still did not go away. Then a … Continue reading →

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Speed vs Craft

Posted on October 10, 2014 by

I recently read The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and was quite impressed with it. As it discusses the lives of the boys who rowed crew, it also discussed … Continue reading →

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