So. What’s next? 2021 has been looking a lot like 2020 so far, but viruses don’t know from calendars. As far as COVID-19 is concerned, it’s just going on its merry way, mutating and spreading la la la. Since it’s not likely I will get vaccinated until the summer, I’m still continuing protocols, including masking up when going to the grocery store, and socially distancing with friends. The photo is from Saturday’s hike at Walnut Read more…
“Good news: your script, Gordath Wood, is advancing to the quarterfinalist round of the ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition. Congratulations!” I had semi-forgotten that I had submitted GW to this contest. We are in good company among the 2020-2021 quarterfinalists. Here’s my logline: “When Lynn rides a famous show jumper home after a show, she is plunged into a medieval world where noble houses vie for supremacy and war is ever-present. But a greater danger brews Read more…
It’s a pandemic, not a writing retreat. — Everyone on Writing Twitter And true enough, but despite all that, I managed to get words down, and the words are good words. For all my despair over not doing enough, I look back and see what I have accomplished. * More than 70,000 words on the new novel, which I started in January or February of 2020. And that means I am on track to complete Read more…