70,965. That’s my final word tally from Jan. 3-12. I did one draft of 40,160 words and another one of 30,805 words. And I’m spent. Now, I have to look at these craptastic drafts and see if there’s anything there worth working on further …

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A couple of days ago, Brian asked me to talk more in depth about my writing process. Specifically, he wanted to know: Do you use a dip pen like Shelby Foote, a typewriter like David Sedaris, or are you using a computer? Computer all the way. I haven’t handwritten anything since Mr. Rasnake’s senior English class in high school. I →

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50,000. That’s the number of words I’ve written since Jan. 3. Yep, I have cranked out 50,000 words in less than a week. Heck, I wrote about 20,000 of them last weekend alone. Why, you ask? Because I have foolishly decided that I need to write two, 50,000-ish rough drafts this month. This way, I can revise the spy book I hope to sell →

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