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When Will It End? 30,000 Words and Feeling TERRIBLE (Midweek Novel Update #8)

How many midweek updates will I have to post before we get to the one where…

So you’re about to start writing a book. The fact that you’ve already come this far—decided…

Yesterday afternoon, I got a new idea for a book. Like most ideas, it came to…

I’ve never been much of a mystery writer: mysterious occurrences happen in my stories, but I’m…

“So I have this idea for a book …” A beautiful statement. Unless that’s all it…

Science is weird. There’s an entire theory about how the universe favors chaos over order, abstractly—the…

You’re almost done. You’re working on it. You’re just taking a little break is all. Excuses.…

Five days remain before you’re assigned to a cabin and can start getting settled. July 1…

I’m afraid of what you’ll think of me. I want to be honest with you, and…

Sometimes you get tired. Sometimes you just want to give up. Sometimes you wonder why you…