Monthly Archives: August 2009

I’m exploring some reasons why people want to be writers. In my particular case, not all of these reasons apply, although I have to say the first and second items in the list are particularly compelling. Number seven also tends to resonate a little too much with me. Continue reading →

Here’s the summary of the novel that I’m hoping to include in the query letters to agents. The instructions that I’ve received from various sources tell me that the description needs to be short, concise, and give potential readers a good idea about the content of the book. I need to know if you, as potential readers, would read a book given this description. If not, why not? Continue reading →

I’m going to be revisiting my first completed novel, which was titled Loss of Innocence. It started as a serial right here on this site at the launch of my blog (way back in 2006). I had initially conceived it as a near-earth military science fiction novel. It’s only as I’ve grown as a writer in the past few years that I’m able to recognize the work for what it is–abysmally bad. Continue reading →