I’ve missed you! It’s been six weeks since my last newsletter and I have all kinds of excuses for not writing, though the number one excuse is pretty valid. I worked like crazy to complete edits on the manuscript for book three of The Devil Particle Series. The manuscript turned out to be a bear to revise with multiple characters’ points of view and a tricky timeline.

Writing each of the first three books in the series has had their unique challenges. I didn’t plan on this, but that’s how it’s working out. Maybe I’ve been influenced by Stephen King?

Writers, like most artists, tend to be perfectionists. They imagine how they want the story to unfold, but their inner critic tells them the writing will fall short. Sometimes, this discrepancy between what writers envision and what they attempt to do is so debilitating they don’t type a single word. Of those who do manage to set aside their inner critic and write something, 97% never finish their manuscripts.