Forging Ahead with New Fiction

Well another writing week, and more fiction got done.

As I write this, I’m about to take off in the truck for a long weekend of cidering around rural Virginia. We’re going to take part in that old (and new again) American tradition of sampling hard cider. It’s good, because I’ve been busy and I need a little reward. Fermented apple juice is a great way to do that.

In fact, I’m just wrapped up the dreaded second draft of a new novelette (it’s about 14,000 words). The story is called The Numbe...