In spite of annoying health issues, I did complete the re-write of the first five chapters in my novel Gift of the Ancients. Next week’s goal: write and edit the last two chapters of ‘book one’, also known as, ‘the beginning of the story’. I don’t know if I’ll keep the ‘book [...]

No, not my novel.  Not even the second draft.  I finished reading Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight Swain.  Another of my writing friends has ordered this book on my recommendation.  I met her in writing class, and the one little tip I shared with her from Swain moved her further forward in practical [...]