I don’t make my living as a novelist. I own and run a small import business (SMS Distribution) and punch the clock (metaphorically) every day. As I engage with fiction more seriously, I have been pondering the balance I will have to strike between my obligations to my business (my customers, partners, employees) and the…

I finished the first draft of my novel today. I high-fived everyone in the house, took the picture of my final page and word counts (above). Now it’s time to set a plan down for executing a revision that I’d be happy sharing with beta readers who can guide me to the parts of the…

Happy New Year. I am one long scene away from finishing the first draft of a new novel. I started on September 3rd and have been writing steadily since then. This is my fourth novel. Tomorrow (today after I wake up), I will finish the first draft and get started on a plan to review…