I’m not dead! New Year!

New Year, everyone! I’m not much of a blogger, but I just signed on to make some updates. Probably the best place to see what I’m chatting about is Bluesky, a Twitter alternative. I also enjoy Mastodon. Other that that, I’ve been working on the sequel to Titanic Voyage, Immigrants’ Journey. Immigrants’ Journey is told …

How much editing does a book take?

There are hundreds, thousands, maybe millions of different ways to write a book. I consider myself a “discovery writer” or “gardener” (some might say pantser). I tend to write extremely messy first drafts, sometimes drafts that have only a vague semblance to the story that I later realize I want to tell. Did you ever …