Call for Stories

My friend Danyelle Ferguson and I are collaborating on a book currently titled, Missing: One Lost Sheep. I’m currently searching for stories of ways people helped you or people you know while they served missions, or how you or people you know helped support...

BIAM challenge results

Well, Tristi’s challenge is over and the results are in: my word count for January is 14,430. It’s not what I would have liked, but with other distractions, I’m happy enough. I actually finished my book, though I need to rework the last couple of...

Editing is the Pits

Yeah, I’ve heard some people say how much they hate drafting their books, but they love editing. I’m precisely the opposite. Yeah, I love my book so much more after doing a big edit, but in while the edit is underway I can’t help but hate it. I...

Writing update and guilty secrets

Well, the month is half over and my writing goals are coming along nicely enough. I got my manuscript out to all my readers (which they promptly told me they loved except that I need to do a major rewrite–and no, Danyelle, it wasn’t just you). I still have...

January Writing Goal

Well Tristi Pinkston has issued her quarterly challenge. She has been calling them her book-in-a-month challenges, but since some of us are planning to edit, it’s whatever writing goal we want to accomplish. I didn’t do so hot last time, but my goal for...