After a year-long struggle to explain to people just what the heck kind of book I’m writing, and after an alarming misunderstanding between my mother and me about the content/rating (and why it’ll never be sold at Family Christian Bookstore), I’ve at last pegged a description.
The Collapse of Camelot is a classic Arthurian romance, which [...]
Archive > January 2006
Camelot Meets Gone With the Wind
2/3
Two-thirds of my second draft are complete. 224 pages. Just to give you an idea of what that means, my entire first draft was 230 pages. And I have roughly a third, give or take, to re-write. So I’m going to estimate that the whole second draft will be between 350-400 pages. Sounds like a [...]
What does contrary have to do with it?
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,How does your garden grow?
It’s a nursery rhyme we all know, but when I quoted it at Mr. Burt whilst we cooked tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for supper, I realized I have no idea what it’s talking about. Where does contrary come into the picture? As Mr. Burt says, “It’s [...]
Monkey Business
Bananas are a pain to open, right? That little stem leads one to believe peeling is simple – but all of us who eat bananas wage war with said stems and usually end up squishing the end of the banana or breaking the banana in half, resulting in gooey fingers.
Monkeys do not open bananas by [...]
Freak Out!
You know those silly websites that tell you to stare at the swirling spiral shape without blinking, and you’ll see a 3D image, or some much silliness like that? And then you do see something, but it’s like an ugly face or something that suddenly pops up and scares the living crap out of you? [...]
