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Dark, soulful tales that haunt long after the last page.
Late last month I finally finished the project I began in November as my National Novel Writing Month project. It’s a literary novel I’ve called Sycamore Souls. The first draft came in at a little over 93,000 words and, while it is a pretty rough draft, overall I’m pretty proud of it. Sycamore Souls is…
March is over. It was a long, strange month, with some ups and down in terms of my writing goals. I never actually set out my goals for the month, so I’m going to detail some things that happened, then give an update on the missed goals from last month. Most importantly, my new novel…
I began submitting manuscripts in the mid-1980s. It was all horror. Mostly short stories; novel submissions didn’t begin until the early 1990s. I think. But it’s been a while, so maybe I was sending out The Prometheus Syndrome in the late ’80s. Anyway … I’d put the story (or sample chapters) into the big tan…
So, yesterday was a good day. I finished the first draft of a novel tentatively titled The Teacher. This is the first new novel I’ve completed in three years. Needless to say, finally getting over some issues that kept me from writing and actually finishing a new book felt really, really good. Back when After Obsession was…
So, I have figured out part of what was keeping me from getting anything done on The Girls Nobody Wanted to Date. I couldn’t remember who was who. So today I finished going through what I’ve written so far and recording names and short notes about each character. So far, at just about 34,000 words,…
So, I have figured out part of what was keeping me from getting anything done on The Girls Nobody Wanted to Date. I couldn’t remember who was who. So today I finished going through what I’ve written so far and recording names and short notes about each character. So far, at just about 34,000 words,…
So, I’ve mentioned wanting to write a novel about Bigfoot, right? (Yes. Yes, I have.) Other than a lack of time, part of my problem was a lack of plot. Since I’m not in Hollywood, a plot is necessary. Today, as I drove home from a late day at work, the whole thing just hit…
So, I’ve mentioned wanting to write a novel about Bigfoot, right? (Yes. Yes, I have.) Other than a lack of time, part of my problem was a lack of plot. Since I’m not in Hollywood, a plot is necessary. Today, as I drove home from a late day at work, the whole thing just hit…
Steven E. Wedel 