First week of work on Book Two gone and done, with 5,000 or so new words. Heard back on the outstanding submission from query Round One and sadly, it was indeed a rejection. BUT! It was the nicest rej… more →
Inlanders by Stephen Reesestephenreese wrote 3 months ago: First week of work on Book Two gone and done, with 5,000 or so new words. Heard back on the outstand … more →
stephenreese wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday was my official Day One (of work) for Book Two. I’ve been outlining and writing thro … more →
stephenreese wrote 7 months ago: …in a couple different ways. I’ve been rewriting the opening of book one. And in outlini … more →
stephenreese wrote 11 months ago: Long time no post. Lots of work on the manuscript, not only by me but also my cadre of kind and cari … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: W00t! I made my 29 October deadline for draft two! World Fantasy in Cowtown was a blast! Fifteen cop … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: It’s been a trying time for me, but the novel’s helped keep my head above water. The fir … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: Logged about four hours today, rewriting the first two pages from scratch, editing and tightening as … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: I haven’t had a good chunk of uninterrupted time in the weekday evenings to knuckle down on th … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: This weekend the only living creatures I interacted with outside the interwebs were the Mom (it bein … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: Well, that’s that. I made it to the end. The book is sad, strange, and, I suspect, impossible … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: Took a look through some of the trickier material near the end of the book last night, with Guinness … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: It’s possible I overreacted. Guess what I found out when I crossed the halfway point reading t … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: I knew it would be bad. But I didn’t know it would be this bad. That light-hearted, ‘eve … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: Right then. I read the first third of the manuscript last night. As expected, it’s a mess. Wha … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: Okay, I’m ready. Or nearly so. I look back at this month’s measly two posts and realize … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: Some writers with links in my blogroll at right have been posting about the number of novels they wr … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: It was a beautiful spring day. I went for my first bike ride of the year. Skidded through some lefto … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: So, says Mr Self-Critical, why bother writing a site about writing? Who’s gonna read the thing … more →
stephenreese wrote 1 year ago: I spent Easter Sunday hanging out with a fellow writer. Such is a prescription for day-end whiplash, … more →