Sorry for my blogging lapse. I've spent the previous months getting manuscripts ready for publication and taking some writing workshops. Most of the work I've submitted has been rejected. I need to find new short story and novella markets for my speculative fiction.
I took a workshop called The First Five Pages by Jeffrey Ricker. I found out I needed to completely rewrite my novel, Kepler Falling. That project started in May 2017. I should be done with it by the end of the year. I'll need to go though and then line and copy edit my work. That's another 3-6 months worth of work....
Needless to say, I've been rewriting since then. I haven't had time to write anything new. I spent several months reediting novellas and a short story. They are need of critiques from my local writers group. It will take the next six months to get through two novellas. Right now, I'm working on editing a chapbook of poetry.
I've also been reading. I signed up for a reading challenge on Goodreads.com back in January 2017. I'm 2/3 the way through my book pledge. I need to read more each week in order to clear my book pile by the end of 2019. That is the goal. Whether that happens remains to be seen...
Blake
