As I’m approaching the end of a major portion of my rough draft, I’ve been reflecting on the single-minded focus I’ve had during this stage of writing. For the last few months, I’ve written next to nothing but Strin & Fred, which has been a change for me. Over the past…
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Something I’ve taken to doing the last couple years is jotting down story ideas in a pocket notebook (and also online) when an insight or scene hits me. In high school and college, I tended to fixate on Big Ideas because my focus was largely on novels. What I enjoy…
Life’s busy, what with my job and my kids and my running the youth group and chores around the house, so when I sit down to write in the evening, sometimes my mind is a bit tired. So when I’m working on a big project like Strin & Fred, getting…
As I dig deeper into Book 3 of Strin & Fred, I thought I’d explain how I go about creating this particular story. Trouble on the Horizon started by throwing two characters into a situation they didn’t understand. I didn’t really understand it either, but I had fun figuring it out….
All right, everyone! I’ve let my blog sit around unused for some time, and it’s not likely to get better, either. But there’s at least one good reason for that–yes, that’s right! Not only did I say I was going to make progress on Strin & Fred #3, I actually…
If you’ve paid attention over the last five-plus years, you’ve probably heard me say something like this: “You know what, I’m really going to start working on Strin & Fred again. Like, really really.” I’ve said it on podcasts. I’ve said it on this blog. I’ve said it to various…
I thought I’d try something new this week and submit an entry for the Trifecta weekly flash fiction challenge. This week, the goal was to write a story of exactly 33 words using this word and definition: worm – to obtain or extract by artful or insidious questioning or by pleading,…
Recently, I was listening to a podcast from the Gospel Coalition and these older pastors were discussing what they wished they had known when they were just getting started in the ministry. They mentioned how young pastors have dreams of changing the world, transforming culture, writing books, and generally leaving…
After a holiday break, I’m actually up to some more promo from The Unremarkable Squire. I know, I know, you’ve all already read it and loved it and wrote gushing reviews for it, but I’m sure someone, somewhere, hasn’t heard about Obed and his band of misfits yet. (Maybe they live…
Of the many Internet promotional activities I perform with less-than-stellar ability, at among the top contenders has to be the timely promotion of my podcast, Derailed Trains of Thought, on this website. If you don’t know, for the last few years my friend Timothy Deal and I have been producing a…
It’s been rather silent on my blog lately. Besides the regular Internet absence brought on by the holidays, I’ve been working on things not ready for public viewing. One, I’ve been preparing for The Unremarkable Squire blog tour coming up in February. That’s been interesting, since I’ve heard of these so-called…
It’s snowing outside my window right now, and sure, you could go outside and traipse around or try building a snowman or start the-snowball-fight-to-end-all-snowball-fights, but eventually you’re bound to get cold, get inside, and get your hot cocoa. And then you’ll need a nice, warm book. What? You don’t have…
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