Sign Up for Email Reports...
Enter your email below, and get my latest Daily Report sent right to your inbox!
Please Note: I do not share your contact information to anyone, anyway, anyhow.-
Novel-o-Meter
Graham Strong's WIP
Second Draft
27,709 of 100,000 words (27%) complete
Search This Site
-
Tag Archives: Terry Fallis
Day 856 – Editing Part 3
Now into Part 3, doing some minor edits here and there. Was working on one scene that I thought was funny, but doesn’t seem to be quite working. Trying to bang it out as best I can, but going to … Continue reading
Shook Hands with a Pulitzer Prize Winner Yesterday…
I shook hands yesterday with Pulitzer Prize winner Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the book “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”. It was during my day job — I heard him talk in the afternoon and then … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday – Flippin’ Terry Fallis
Just downloaded Flipboard recently (apparently I’m the last person in the world to hear about it…) and found friend-of-the-blog and writing mentor Terry Fallis on the front cover. Terry recently became Resident Blogger for CBC Books’s Canada Reads.
Posted in Wordless Wednesday
Tagged a few strong words, Canada Reads, CBC Books, Flipboard, Graham Strong, novel writing blog, Terry Fallis
Leave a comment
WIP, One Year On – Day 366
It was exactly a year ago today I started this novel-writing adventure. I feel a little mixed about the whole thing actually. I mean, ultimately it’s cause for celebration (which is why I hunted down this birthday-tiramisu-with-one-candle pic…) But it … Continue reading
I Don’t Care What They Say, Writing Isn’t Lonely – Day 279
Writers, for the most part, write in closed off spaces. Even those of us writers who like to work in a busy place like a café, there is a Fortress of Solitude that rises up around us. It’s not a … Continue reading
What Are You Doing This Second? – Day 245
I found out a few hours earlier today via Twitter that Rex Pickett has started writing the stage play of Sideways (which I believe will be produced this fall). Saw the tweet five minutes after he posted it. On April … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Report
Tagged a few strong words, Graham Strong, Great Gatsby, Laura Roberts, novel writing blog, Rex Pickett, Sideways, Terry Fallis, Tom Chandler
4 Comments
Dropping Pretenses – Day 224
Okay, I’ve officially on novel-writing sabbatical. This is an unplanned — and frankly, an unwanted sabbatical — but I simply cannot keep up with the amount of work I have. It’s not a cop out (trust me, I know what … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Report
Tagged a few strong words, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Graham Strong, Great Gatsby, novel writing blog, sabbatical, Terry Fallis
3 Comments
Draft 2b or Not 2b… – Day 208
“Kill your darlings…” That’s what I’ve been struggling with all weekend. In fact, I went to the woodshed yesterday and today with that thought in mind. It was extremely hard, psyching myself up to do it. But that’s for another post. … Continue reading
Convergences & Connecticutions – Day 193
After too long away, I finally got a chance to get some work on my novel this morning. I’ve been itching, let me tell you. Irritated even, at not being able to work on it. But the book is never … Continue reading
Terry Fallis Wins Canada Reads 2011 – Day 156
Big congrats to Terry Fallis for winning the 2011 Canada Reads for his book, The Best Laid Plans! As I’ve mentioned in this blog before, Terry is a big part of the reason why (a) I started writing my novel … Continue reading