I’ve got Pros polished and ready for the ABA. Now I’m starting the final polish on Magician for the Writer’s League agent contest. If i win that one, i’ll get a one-on-one with an agent in June at the conference here in Austin to discuss the pros and cons, the merits and flaws, and have a chance to pitch my book to them. Big stuff. And Ballot Press still has Return Fire. So that’s three books that are out there, doing something. And my story Repo gets published in April in An

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been slaving feverishly over a hot manuscript. Pros is currently on the ninth draft. I think it finally looks good. Especially after reviewing draft 8 and suddenly deciding to cut 9 fucking chapters right out of it. Nine beautiful, character-driven, back-story chapters… that take the story from chapter one- the introduction of Our Hero with a gaping wound in his side to…. eight months in the past. Yes, back-story can be awesome. And yes, the