Finished Ask the Parrot by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake). It’s about Parker, the coolest, calmest, coldest thief ever. When we last saw Parker, in 2004’s Nobody Runs Forever, he was climbing up a hill, trying to evade the police. Ask the Parrot picks up right where the last book left off. Parker gets to the top of the hill, →
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 …
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 →
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 →
It’s official. The second book in my Bigtime series will be callled … Hot Mama. It’s about a superhero with fire-based powers whose love life is about to crash and burn. I love the title. But … it’s the one that I came up with for the book. Any author will tell you that titles usually change — sometimes three or →
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