The Big Dig

I’ve decided to save myself some hassle and make this blog my official fiction page. Rather than trying to build a page on my site www.therelrobertpalmer.com that looks exactly like this one, I figure why not use this one?

So from now on, keeps tabs on my fiction here. See what I’ve written, where it’s been published, what is to come . . .

. . . Starting with my novel!

Inspired by the Nanowrimo (www.nanowrimo.org/) I decided to write a novel back in November. While the Nanos write their novels in a month, I figured I’d take it easy on myself and take two. If I had stuck to my schedule, the book would have been written by next week but I didn’t.

It shames me to admit it but I’m a slacker when it comes to project with self-imposed deadlines. When I’m writing for a client, I get things done ASAP and turn drafts in before their deadlines most of the time but when it’s a project where I’m the only one counting on myself, I waste time with video games and “research.”

But I have written a novel before—50,000 words that I kept in a drawer for two months and then threw in the trash. This time, I am putting my declaration on the web, I’m telling my friends, I’m informing my family. I hope the added pressure will keep my nose to the grindstone.

So, here I go. Won’t you come along on the journey with me?