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  • Almost A Week Off

    Almost A Week Off It’s been a week. Fire Race was officially published last week. I’m done! Ha. I’ve mentioned before that this begins the never-finished phase of writing a book: telling everyone about it. But not yet. I’ve been mentioning it every day online, but that only takes about ten minutes. There’s a lot…

  • Fire Race Is Published

    “Congratulations!” (to me) “You finished your book! Time to take some time off.” Oh, if only it was so. Well, maybe a little celebration. I slept in an hour. But yes, Fire Race, the sequel to Firewatcher, my science fiction series about humans escaping a threatening AI apocalypse, is done and available on Amazon. And,…

  • Submission Day – Firewatchers Sequel

    (This may be a long post because it was an important event.) Some days just demand chocolate. Pardon me as I chase those few bites with a few sips of tea. Ah. OK. Ta Da – I think. Today, I submitted my manuscript and cover for my next book. KDP approved. The proof copy is…

  • The Eighth Draft – Firewatchers Sequel

    I’ve never had this happen before. Persistently working along, and suddenly realizing there’s nothing left on the to-do list. Done? How? Wha? When? Now? OK. The eighth draft of the sequel to Firewatcher is done. That’s the story part, from In The Beginning to Fini. And already, a new to-do list grows. Sometime between now…

  • PTFilmFest 2024

    Writing (and probably posting?) before the event is over? Scandalous. Yet, here I sit, on a chair on a closed-off street, purposely missing one event of many on this four-day film festival in Port Townsend. Maximize utility! Go to everything! Schoomze! Over 800 people. Five different types of passes (see if you can spot them…

  • The Messy Seventh Draft – Firewatchers Sequel

    Shut down the computer. It hadn’t been restarted in weeks. Every draft is precious enough that I keep the files open, the machine turned on, and any other tabs shunted off to other windows. The messy seventh draft is over. The computer deserves a rest. I do, too; but, it’s already mid-September and I’m running…

  • The Sixth Draft – Firewatchers Sequel

    Pardon me as I sip a celebratory drink. The Sixth Draft is done. The sixth draft of Firewatcher’s sequel is done. Another draft? Yes, another draft. This one is a major one. With this draft, the story is done. I could massage this for another year, but I could say that about every book I’ve…

  • The World Catches Up – August 2024

    Well, the world finally caught up to my story again. Firewatcher is a near-future sci-fi story. Conventional wisdom was that many trends would happen circa 2100. I follow trends. I guessed 2040. Then, I started writing the book, realized the trends were happening even sooner, and worked harder and faster at finishing the story. That’s…

  • Speededit – August 2024

    Did I just make up a word? Here I sit, in My Big Comfy Chair on a Sunday morning. Last night was an epic summer storm, and I have a headache and a sense of accomplishment. I finished a speed read/edit of my sequel to Firewatcher (sci-fi). It went better than I expected and is…

  • The Fifth Draft

    Something new to add! (Because why add something old?) Progress in the sequel to my sci-fi novel, Firewatcher. Previously on TomTheWriter.com (I just felt like I was updated an episode in some TV show): I got there. I finished the fourth draft. The third draft was a story, but life was too easy on my…

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