Author Archives: kat3kets1gog
My Next Big Writing Adventure
Funny how you can find yourself in the middle of something all-consuming, and not remember exactly how you got there. That describes me in relation to the next big step in my fiction writing life. Somehow in the past two … Continue reading
Has It Been That Long?
Just because I haven’t posted anything on this blog doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. I finished my rewrite of Free Souls in early February, and in the process I scrapped the title and cut out over 65,000 words of the backstory … Continue reading
Since Last Time
Work I’ve gotten done since last time: Title: Free Souls Chapter in Play: Part 2, Chapter 12 Beginning Word Count: 91,923 Period’s Ending Word Count: 92,049 Oh, the joys of growing as a writer! Or should that be, “the pains”? … Continue reading
Work I Got Done on Saturday the 19th
Title: Free Souls Chapters in Play: Part 2, Chapters 11 & 12 Beginning Word Count: 91,185 Day’s Ending Word Count: 91,923 (This ending word count is misleading. It doesn’t factor in the verbiage I cut out. Nor does it reflect … Continue reading
Concept List
It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Too busy writing to post. Which means– what, you think I’m not getting any writing done now? Never mind, here’s the fiction I’m working on, in chronological order of conception: Title: Free Souls Also Known As: … Continue reading
Encore
He didn’t want to be there. When Charlene had come home gleefully waving two free tickets to hear the sensational new virtuosa, Malcolm told her he wasn’t interested. When she’d said, nonsense, he loved concerts, he’d shrugged and said, “Not … Continue reading
Carboot Sale
(Oxfordshire, Easter Sunday, 1995) By camper, car, and caravan they come Creeping, slowly seeking Along the sloping open road Alert with eyes rolled naked Lest they pass The very town, The turn, the way (it’s told) Will … Continue reading
Nothing More
What was it, Herb Tyler wondered, that told a hound to wait for Saturday evening to chow down on a gun-grease rag? It was past 1:00 AM and he was waiting to hear from the emergency vet in Robbinsville. If … Continue reading
Back Again, with a Big Decision
Or maybe not so big. It’s about my work-in-revision, Free Souls, and its serial publication on this blog. In my last post on the subject, I considered how I should proceed with that, given all the rewriting the book has needed, not just in … Continue reading
A Poem on Missing the Mark
Sur le même sujet* Sometimes, I feel drawn to you As an arrow towards a goal But each time I attempt my bow, I miss It is not that My aim is bad But rather, my unsaved friend, That you … Continue reading
The Writer Sits Down 