I have finally finished the eighth draft of my sci-fi novel, Tapper. Man, that feels good to type. :) I wound up with 32 chapters and a word count of approximately 99,000 words. The word count is down somewhat from the seventh draft, but only … [Continue reading]
EVERYBODY Move—Now!
Well, the relocation of chapter one of Tapper into the content of a later chapter was a guarded success. I say "guarded" because no one on Scribophile has critiqued my efforts yet. It took some doing, as we say in this part of the country, and it … [Continue reading]
Unpacking Chapter Boxes at a New Novel Location
No, the blog isn't moving. I'm talking about Tapper, the science fiction book I've been writing. I had what I thought was a killer first chapter. It involved an incident that formed the foundation for the rest of the novel/trilogy/series. It was a … [Continue reading]
A Bit of Music History, Sort Of
Long years back, before I left Austin to eventually start writing music for video games, I was a music arranger struggling to get my work played. One such work was an arrangement of a movement from a Beethoven piano sonata, done up for brass … [Continue reading]
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