Slightly off word count tonight; but I’m OK wrapping up the day with this: “No matter. He had the raw material he needed.It was time to remake the world.” I started the day off this morning with a ridiculously costumed villain that came to me in the wee hours of […]
Writing
So earlier today, I tweeted this: Last year I set a goal to write and publish my first book before I hit 40. Maybe I should tweak it slightly to write 2 before 40 #6weeks— Anthony Karcz (@Sunstreaker84) July 9, 2014 Then after the coffee wore off and I got […]
On Writing and Big Hairy Deadlines
When I started this whole novel writing process a little less than a year ago, I only had the slightest of ideas what I wanted to do other than “just finish.” Now I’ve got over 44,000 words, with more stories still untold, and things are starting to get…interesting. Stay tuned.
44k
20k! Woo-hoo! Reached a milestone in my first League novel today. The last time I hit 20k on any work of fiction that I wrote was…well…never. Let celebrate by serving up a portion, shall we?__The “room” that he had led Alyson to was actually her supervisor’s office, wide windows with […]
20,000 Words Reached!
Magnificent is one of the heroes that started off this whole venture. He’s old. Not as old as some think; but probably a bit older than most suspect. Think Captain America; but without all that well-adjusted Apple Pie attitude. The Erudite, on the other hand came to me while driving home for […]
Friday Fiction: Magnificent Takes a Walk
The Asian leaned against the doorway of the Hall of Dinosaurs and watched as heroes got chewed on by a rampaging T-Rex. Green, scaly – it looked like her little brother’s rubber toys. Hell he’d probably even set it upon his Magnificent action figure at some point. That was likely […]
Friday Fiction: Field Work
DS is one of the earliest characters to come to me as I started piecing The League together. Where exactly he fits in to the retinue is something I’m still working on. He will be making an appearance; but he’s not ready for the full spotlight yet. In the meantime, here’s […]