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Originally Posted by golddog
It occurred to me the other day you haven't mentioned the book lately.
Then, just today, I was reading the acknowledgements of a book written by a former astronaut. He mentioned On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King as something that helped him improve his writing.
Thought it might interest you as well.
I'm definitely going to check this out.
I've been pounding away at it. I work on it when my wife is at work. I've tried when she's home and it's difficult. That's less about her than it is me. I have to get in my own head and any little distraction just throws me off.
I remember my dad (who was an artist) locking his bedroom door every day so he could work. I used to look back and be a little angry about this, but I kinda understand now. However, I saw the effect it had on my family and my mother so there is no way I'm taking that approach. I'll just use the time I'm home alone wisely.
The book is still expanding. I'm really trying to not keep adding to it because it's just so big now, but I feel like I need a little more character development.
My biggest challenge will be going through the entire thing to do some much needed editing.
I really think that at some point in time I should probably hire someone to go through it and clean it up some.
On another note, we finally got out to do a little fishing. My back went out a few weeks ago and I haven't been able to do much. But, it was pretty calm and the weather was wonderful AND we caught fish. Great day.
I used to have pretty bad back problems for most of my life. Someone on the H&F forum gave me some exercises to do and I haven't had any issues in probably 10 years. At least not since I met my wife. But this one was a doozy. Took me down hard. Getting better every day though.
Last edited by biggerboat; 09-23-2024 at 02:29 PM.
Reason: Just ordered it. Only ten bucks on amazon. Thanks golddog!