of Mel blow up.4-5k a day in July, that was my goal. I was going to hit fifty thousand words this month, and get stories closer to being done. HA! I would like the thank which ever cosmic entity that has decided my life is their comic relief to go aw...

LibertyCon AARIf you are like me, acronyms make you look and stare for a while, so I'll make this easy. AAR = After Action Report. I know fancy way of saying hear all about my trip. LibertyCon is one of my favorite cons. it is small with a max cap of...

What my goals are - books!This year hasn't been too bad writing wise. As of this morning my word count is at 261,443 words for this year. I'd be happier if I was already over 300k but that is't bad. What it means is more books. Part one of the epic f...

I am home and I'm thinking.I arrived back home on May 21st and let me tell you I missed my bed. And the cats. They are even speaking to me now, but since I'm gone again I'm sure they are annoyed all over again. I'll tell you where I am but for right...

When you estimate gas costs for a trip, triple it!So I am in Rapid City, SD at the moment and I have to say it is a gorgeous area, cool town and close to Yellowstone. All in all I rather like it. I took pics of the Aurora Borealis when I was in Washi...

I wonder about myself sometimes.I decided to drive to Washington State from Atlanta Georgia. I'm wondering about my sanity. But I've made it about half way through, I'm in Missouri at the moment. I've realized that camping when you have to tear down...

But seriously body, behave!I'm old, I know I'm old. But why do I have an ear infection? I tell you trying to write while your right ear is throbbing and is oddly heavy is difficult. It doesn't really hurt, I mean the occasional stab, but mostly it is...

So much coming - be patient.I have totally been rocking the word count. I have my cozy space mystery mostly done - waiting on a last chapter. That series I won't launch until I and my co-world author both have 3 done. But the first part of the epic f...

Did you see the new book?Not only did I drop a book last week, but I'm still doing good with my writing. For those of you playing at home:Week 9: 15222Week 10: 25068 <-!!!!Week 11: 12913Week 12: 16642See! And given that on week 12 (last week) I not o...

And you will get so many books!I am super proud of myself. Not only did I get an INCREDIBLE mention about my writing by Gary Poole, Baen editor, but I'm smashing my word count goals. Last year my goal was 12k a week. I almost never got that. But this...