J.A. Marlow

“July Novel Writing Month” is over as of midnight last Saturday night. While the result is the lowest word count of any July or November writing month so far, it was far from a failure. I went into it with 3 outlines. Saturday night, well before the deadline, I finished the first draft of the [...]

Yes, I’m still alive and kicking. In fact, I’m writing like crazy! I’m participating in July Novel Writing Month, and I’ve already finished one novella and started on the second. More details about the novellas as the E-Book Experiment series continues. As for word count, out of the 50k to win the month, I’m already [...]

Revision on the current book is almost finished. Does that mean it’s time to rest and take a vacation? Not for a writer! I’m addicted to writing. I admit it. Life doesn’t feel complete without plotting, planning, writing and revising all the stories coming out of my head. Even if no one ever read them, [...]

Many years ago I had an inspiration for a funny, family, science fiction adventure. As I had for years dreamed of doing a comic of my own, it turned into a web comic. The entire story was plotted out, the first few chapters written. Started up the webpage and started publishing it as a webcomic. [...]

On day 11 at about 10pm, I reached 50033 words. The writing didn’t stop however! Before midnight, the count had grown to 51661. The novel “The Phoenix Eggs” is really shaping up. The climax is within sight and the characters are finding themselves in rather a big pickle. Perfect! (not for the characters, but you [...]

I won NaNoEdMo with 74.5 hours. That was good enough to place 7th on the final list of editors. Whee! The time really helped whip “The String Weavers into shape. I continued with the momentum gained. As of the middle of May the book is completely finished. I’m really happy the way it turned out, [...]