I'm delighted to tell you that "Laura's Look One Hundred" is LIVE on the ebook side. The print book will be out on November 20th. You can check out the book on Amazon here.
The columns range from funny to serious, news of the day to news of the weird. With one hundred columns to choose from, you're sure to find one that speaks to you.
I hope your year got off to a decent start today.
I took a look over my accomplishments in writing in 2022. I wrote a total of 246,529 words. Not the 300k I was aiming for but it still counts as my second-best year ever writing. So I'm counting that as a win.
I wrote 15 short stories and a novel in 2022. I sold 3 of the short stories and published one. I also published a collection .
Getting things sent and published is a weakness for me. It's something I want to work on in 2023, as well as continuing to make new words.
In the weeks and months ahead, I'll try to share with you what I'm doing in these areas. The next big thing on my list is a Fantasy Caper workshop in Vegas that starts a week from tomorrow. I'm having fun writing a story for the workshop.
May 2023 be an improvement over 2022. Thanks for walking this road with me.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We enjoyed our time with our children, and especially our two grandchildren. Lavinia is four and Matthias will turn three this month. I'm wondering where the time went.
If you're here looking for my short story "Black Deeds on a Black Friday," the week is up, and I've taken it down. Thanks to all who read it and let me know what they thought.
I'm currently working on a holiday collection I hope to get out the first half of this month. I will keep you in the loop on it.
I hope the season is treating you well. What's your favorite part of this holiday season?
At the moment, I'm in Orlando, Florida doing some Disney time with a couple of friends. Lots of fun, but of course I brought my laptop to write every day. The streak is well over 800 days now (I don't recall what it is exactly) and I'm not planning on breaking it now.
See you in a couple of weeks!
On October 14th I got to sit down with Don Elwell of the "D&D Live Show" (his partner was out of town). Don did his homework on me and we had a great time discussing my latest collection and other writing. He said I can come back sometime, so I must have done okay <g>.
I'm going to be on the radio show "D&D Live" Friday, October 14th, at 9:05 am Eastern. I'll be talking about my latest collection and whatever else they ask me about. If you live in Highlands County, Florida you can tune in at 730 AM or 95.3 FM. Not local? You can tune in the livestream at https://www.newstalk730am.com/
As I type this, I am STILL dealing with an eye infection, though my pressures have gone down. This meant I needed to get an antibiotic ointment to treat them with and it is not cheap and not covered by insurance. Such is life...
My short story collection of Bible stories "Seeking Refuge and Other Bible Stories" is available as an ebook and a paperback. This collection contains five stories from the Bible that I have added some "What if?" things to (For example: "Seeking Refuge" tells of a man going to a City of Refuge for protection. While the cities are mentioned, someone taking advantage of them is not). I would love you to read them and tell me what you think (ebook cover image below).
It's hard to believe it's mid-September already. Hope things are going well for you and yours. Until next time!
As I type this, I'm at 762 days in a row of writing every day. I've managed to do this even with getting hit by Covid, which is definitely no fun. Nevertheless, I'm still making words.
One thing I want to work on is getting those words out to readers. I'm hoping to have a short story collection out before the end of the month.
I'm currently reading "The Negotiator" by Dee Henderson. My best friend recommended it to me and I'm enjoying it very much.
What are you currently reading? Let me know!
It's been a while since I posted. A lot as gone on. Some good, some bad. 2020 was definitely one of those years.
And here we are with over half of 2021 gone. I need to make this blog more of a priority. I hope you all would appreciate that.
So...here's some writing news to share.
1. On June 29th, 2020, I decided I would try to write every day. Some days it was hard to pull that off (one day I only managed 69 words). But I kept up with it, and last month passed the one-year anniversary of writing every day.
The benefit of a streak is it presses you to keep it up the longer it gets. Not sure how long this will last, but I wouldn't be against several years.
2. At the beginning of 2021, I started the challenge of writing a short story a week for a year. Last Sunday I finished story #30.
This is harder than writing every day. Some weeks I had a real problem coming up with a story. There have been Sundays I've burned the midnight oil to finish. And I'm sure some of these stories are better than others. But I haven't given up. I'm more than halfway done. And I'm determined to pull it off.
3. Five of the short stories I wrote were put into a short story collection titled FIVE FEMALE GUMSHOES. The collection contains five stories, each featuring a female private investigator.
I'm pleased with this collection. If you want an ebook, here's a link to check out: https://books2read.com/u/31KPX7
And here's a peek at the cover...
I'll let you know when it's available in print. That means I'll be posting again (hopefully) soon. Thanks for your patience!
