First Draft Complete
For my last book, I completed an 82,293 word first draft in a month, so I thought I could do something similar this time. Boy was I wrong. Not only did I forget that how much time I took off…
Category Books
Drafting Is Underway
I started drafting the actual manuscript of Book 2 of The Bitstreams Thread in late January. The process has been interrupted multiple times by my day job and book-related travel, but it’s progressing. The outline is holding up well, suggesting…
Transitioning from Bits to Atoms
One of the things that’s surprised me the most is how long it takes to get the book out into the world, even after the words are cover art are finalized. I plan to write about my struggles with Adobe…
Writing Bitstreams of Hope
I’ve been writing for a long time. Even as an engineering student, most of my electives were in writing. For while, I thought I’d focus on poetry. As I advanced in my software career, I often kept a side project…
The Bitstreams Thread
In the Afterword of Bitstreams of Hope, I described The Bitstreams Thread this way: As you may have noticed, Bitstreams of Hope is just Book One of The Bitstreams Thread. Each book in this series of standalone-but-related novels covers different…