I am pleased to announce (this seems to be a big new phrase of mine these days) that drafts of American Dream On are in the (electronic) mail. Check your inboxes. But seriously, please do. Because your e-mail program may…
Tag: A Day in the Life
Edits Complete – ADO Coming Soon!
After a torrid night of typing amidst the rages of what is almost certainly a sinus infection at this point, I am pleased to announce that I have completed constructing the second draft of my second novel, American Dream On.…
Top Nine Highlights and Lowlights for 2009
I’m thinking about compiling one of these for the decade too, but let’s look at what made 2009 great and not so great. In summation, looking back at this year, it’s been one of those seminal and all-encompassing annums. It’s…
Three Weeks of Editing
I am elated to announce that, 20 days after completing the first draft of the novel, I have edited the entirety of American Dream On. Granted, two-thirds of the edits still have to be typed in, and there are some…
The Slog and the Snyeg
Don’t freak out if you’re getting scary-looking red screens from portions of the Blue Pyramid, especially the front page or the currently archived Women World Leaders Quiz. The site was hacked. It was actually hacked via PHP scripts that were…
Never Been to Austin
For the first time in a long time (maybe since Reykjavik, Iceland?), I will be visiting a previously unvisited town today exclusively via airplane. Not that I expect to get much beyond the airport (which Em would have you believe…
Life Just Keeps on Getting Better
Holy cow. The Mariners, apparently not satisfied with filling step one of my philosophy on baseball (stock your team with speedsters like Chone Figgins), are apparently a little bit of paperwork away from filling step two, which is to stock…
DONE!
I am pleased to announce that about seven minutes ago, I completed the first draft of American Dream On. Currently clocking in at 145,003 words, it has taken me 7 years, 6 months, and 2 days to write, though over…
Sprinting for the Finish Line
Technically, December just became the most verbose written month of my life. And it’s been here for eight and a half days. I have contributed over 35,000 words (~140 pages) to the novel in the last eight and a half…
First Snow
Today I was reminded why I came to the East Coast. Sure, I may have written 3 chapters in the last 24 hours and be capping the officially most productive writing period of my entire life (the amount written here…