Category: Writing Process

• My Novel’s Final Step: Tesler & the Burning Bush

  This is the fun part. My first novel in three years is set to release in October. I’ve settled in to my final read-through. Here’s how things usually work. After the draft has been redrafted several times and beta readers have given feedback and I’ve rewritten parts based on that … then, after my editor…

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  July 24, 2026

  Writing Process

  book editing, indie author, new release, novel writing, writing process

• Writing Trip & Another Novel

  This one’s been tough. I’ve been working on novel #14 for the past two years, and since moving back to America, I’ve admittedly not had enough writing time. (Or I haven’t been able to carve it out for some reason or another.) I’m one of those writers who need to hunker down, away from everything,…

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  June 12, 2025

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  books, creative writing, fiction, novel, novel writing, writing, writing process

• The Crack of Creativity

  Today was a designated writing day. I’ve been very busy lately readying a new devised theatre show which opens next weekend that I haven’t had much time to write. My latest novel has been on my mind, as usual, and I’ve been eager to get back to it. I’m in part III and things are…

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  September 28, 2024

  10-minute play, Writing Process

  art, creativity, Decadal, devised theatre, jamestown NY, life, poem, poetry, writing

• It’s easy not to write.

  I’m a writer. I’ve been doing this now for quite a while, and still it’s easy not to write. I suppose some of it comes from the different kind of writing schedule I have compared to other writers. Many have stated that it’s important to be disciplined daily and write, even if it’s just a…

  sassevn

  May 4, 2024

  Writing Process

  indie author, new release, novel writing, writing, writing process

• When Writing Hurts

  Cooking is one of my hobbies. I cook most days of the week, probably more than I actually write. Who’s to say if my cooking is more delicious than my writing. But let’s leave that to the side for the moment. I sliced the tip of my finger the other day. One of those kitchen…

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  January 14, 2024

  Indie Author, Writing Process

• What more could a writer want?

  Every once in a while I receive a review from a reader of one of my works that makes it all worthwhile. What’s the it? The writing process, the production of the book, the maddening and frustating promotion process, the long wait for sales, the doubts and dreams which altenate in my mind … and…

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  December 21, 2022

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  reviews, writing process

• Reading the Christmas Proof

  I’ve been reading the printed proof of my new novel. It releases October 1. My first Christmas novel. A historical fiction account of a little girl trying to make sense of her father’s death in World War II. A proof read for me is a post-edit final-type of read. (Though it may be correctly stated…

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  August 19, 2022

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  christmas novels, historical fiction, new release, novel writing

• Verdi’s NABUCCO – and on Never Giving Up

  

  I had the rare privilege to attend the marvelous opera Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi at the fabulous Tbilisi Opera House. It’s one of those old world European style stunners of a place as you’ll see from some of my photos of the evening. Nabucco is about the story of King Nebuchadnezzar from the book of…

  sassevn

  March 4, 2022

  Places & Tourism, Reviews, Writing Process

  Georgia, Nabucco, Opera, Tbilisi, verdi

• W.P. Kinsella & My 11th Novel

  

  I emailed my manuscript of my 11th novel off to my editor yesterday. That’s always a momentous day! It’s entitled THE LOST LINEUP and it’s Book 2 of Myths & Tales of the Winasook Iron Horses. Have no idea if there will ever be a book three. No plans at the moment, but then again,…

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  January 20, 2022

  Indie Author, Writing Excerpt, Writing Process

  a diamond for her novel, Field of Dreams, Shoeless Joe, sports fiction, winasook iron horses, WP Kinsella

• What the day will bring

  Success requires persistence: Persistence in the face of failure and in the boldface boringness of life. It’s the belief that hope still lives, from day to day, and that one glimmer, no matter how small or insignificant, can rotate quickly to something unexpected. I received an email today. An acquaintance in the film industry recommended…

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  September 11, 2021

  Life, Writing Process

  auditions, grit, inspiration for authors, taking chances