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NEW NOVEL PUBLISHED
Yowser! Baby Doe is published as a trade paperback on Amazon. Here's the all important link The ebook will be up on Amazon in a few...

Bill
Feb 28, 20212 min read


Baby Doe: Gone Girl
Thanks Bill, .I should have Baby Doe to the printer by Wednesday. I'll send you an email once it's there. After that, it should be up on...

Bill
Feb 23, 20211 min read


Character in Characters
It's been weeks and weeks since my last post on this website. When there's a dearth of communication among folks, it may represent a lot...

Bill
Feb 9, 20215 min read


Why I'll Never Quit Facebook
If you been reading these posts, the New Novel, that you know as Baby Doe was to be published in December. I thought it was done last...

Bill
Jan 24, 20212 min read


The Singular Sin of the Novelist
You can read one take about the title here: Sins of the Father; Do Great Novelists Make Bad Parents? by James Woods. A Critic at Large...

Bill
Jan 10, 20214 min read


Christ is King of Coalinga
What is it this time? You, gentle reader, may be asking. I'm marking time, that's what. Trying to get renewed traction on novel 2,...

Bill
Dec 29, 20203 min read


Mea Culpa
As promised, a return to structure. What's going on? Baby Doe is winding up. Waiting for last promised blurbs and straining out the last...

Bill
Dec 16, 20206 min read


Best Novels of 2020
Why this topic? Because Baby Doe probably won't be one of these. Maybe 2021. I may feel like a pregnant woman in late pregnancy: wanting...

Bill
Dec 6, 20205 min read


Getting Published
A lot has been written about the who, what, and how of getting published. Who knew that even Theodore Roosevelt wrote about this. Not...

Bill
Nov 28, 20201 min read


Unanticipated Outcomes
In a previous post, I explained the four things I was working on that involved finishing book one in a series and starting the second...

Bill
Nov 25, 20202 min read


Structure of New New Novel
As promised, a return to structure. What's going on? Baby Doe is winding up. Waiting for last promised blurbs and straining out the last...

Bill
Nov 21, 20206 min read
What's Next
As the stupid virus makes another resurgence in the world, what’s going on at the nanomolecular level in my novel building? We’re in the...

Bill
Nov 14, 20202 min read
Powerlessness and the Fiction Writer
My Writing buddy just sent me this email. Well, I just finished my nth draft, I don't know if it’s any good, but I do know I put in crazy...
Daniel Weizmann
Nov 3, 20202 min read


A Pean for Wix
I had to Google it because I was uncertain of the spelling. Here's Mother Google's definition: encomium, paean, panegyric, eulogy....

Bill
Oct 30, 20201 min read


Endgame
Neither at chess nor at novel-writing, do I enjoy (nor am I good at) the endgame. You can’t count drafts anymore in the computer age,...

Bill
Oct 24, 20202 min read


How to Write (category: English, Fiction)
There are choices: lucid and clear or subtle and multifaceted. Lucid and clear doesn’t mean simple. Mr. Hemingway taught that. The modern...

Bill
Oct 19, 20208 min read


Books on Writing
I've got to admit--me and my wife are feeling a little ragged from all this virus lockdown stuff as you can see in the pic. So exercise...

Bill
Oct 13, 20203 min read


Story Board: first draft
I'm trying to do final editing on my novel, Baby Doe, already past due and post mature. But writing first drafts is so much more fun. ...

Bill
Oct 2, 20204 min read


Another Pause for Writerly Entertainment
I can't resist this stuff. Why didn't they teach this way in school? I'd attribute it to the proper source, but said source is lost in...

Bill
Sep 29, 20202 min read


Seeking Blurbs
I’m in the last throes of reviewing the final (hah!) proofed pdf for Baby Doe. The woke professional proofreader insists on capitalizing...

Bill
Sep 22, 20202 min read
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