Slipped Masks … project update:

Five chapters left to write on novel, Slipped Masks.

Excited to see this book complete.

More to come.

When published, a percentage from sales will be donated to Multiple Sclerosis research.

Slipped Masks … project update:

I’m focusing on the second draft of Slipped Masks.
Blogs, tweets, pins, posts, will resume when this is complete.
Now revising chapter 17 of 30.
Word count currently: 65,681.
More to come.

When published, a percentage from sales will be donated to Multiple Sclerosis research.

February 27, 2018.

John Wooden, on learning:

The importance of repetition until automaticity cannot be overstated.

Repetition is the key to learning.

- John Wooden.

Harper Lee, on writing:

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that,

before developing his talent,

he would be wise to develop a thick hide.

- Harper Lee.

Howard Jacobson, on writing:

When people speak to me of the torment of writing, I can think only of what it was like before I wrote:

once writing meant writing and not thinking about writing, I knew nothing of any torment.

- Howard Jacobson.

Slipped Masks … project update:

Chapter 14 has evolved.

In the first draft, this chapter was short and the character, Casey, was considering his options, while preparing to resume the next part of his journey.

In this second draft revision, there are three murders.

I love writing thrillers!

Word count: 61,714.

More to come.

When published, a percentage from sales will be donated to Multiple Sclerosis research.

50!

I turned 50 … the big half-century mark … wow!

Out of curiosity, while composing this blog, I scrolled through the various fonts to see what “50!” looked like. The font in the jpeg image above is Times New Roman.

As a writer, I like the appropriate Wingdings version of a filing cabinet, paper folder, and pencil:

We celebrated two days before my birthday by seeing Henry Rollins on stage, during his Travel Slideshow tour:

We’re both fans of Henry Rollins and, as a photographer; it was great to see his photographic work while listening to his travelogue.

We spent my birthday up in the mountains. It wasn’t too cold and we enjoyed the drive, the day out, and the spectacular views. Some of the landscape and cloud photographs I took will be adapted for greeting cards.

I was also gifted with two brilliant movies for our collection: Wind River, and Dunkirk, both released in 2017:

My beautiful wife made my birthday special. I thank God every day for her love and friendship and I am blessed to have her as a companion on this journey through life.

However … I am aware that if I leave my socks on the bedroom floor and neglect to dump them in the laundry basket … I can expect this: