I completed the 3rd draft of Chapter 1 & kicked it to my editor. I am well into chapter 2. Chapter 1 was a challenge to write because I had to make the reader fall in love with Jim and Jen from the get go, that's hard to pull off. But I think I may have done it. The first 3 chapters are going to be a serious emotional roller coaster. Up and down. I think that may be a gamble because some readers may be put off by such emotional highs and lows early on. But after the 4th chapter what happened in the first 3 will start to come together. Reading the book "Your First Novel" has allowed me to take a fresh approach to writing I never thought I would. I think I am making better use of my words, a suggestion in the book was to see what words a writer could cut that would help improve the story, I took the advice and was surprised. So reading it was time well spent. A formula I developed in chapters is 12-14 pages of single spaced typed pages in MS Word at 12p type with 1" margins. Or between 5,000 to 6,000 words per chapter. Since I read and I have read novels since earliest memory, I have found that to be comfortable.
I have to drop this is the genre of medical thriller. I know it the concept scares the gremlins out of me. I still have no title, even though a title should not come until the end, I already know the end. I want the title to be perfect.

The new novel is moving along. Chapter one is highly emotional and charged. We get to know Jim and Jennifer well, and become a close part of their lives. But as with all novels it takes a quick

A Warning to all lovers of novels and Star Trek books, avoid this book like the plague. The author states this is his 1st Star Trek novel and he writes horror. He has no idea what Star Trek is or about. The story, 100% of it is the novel "Sphere" no changes really except location and names of people. He made Scotty to be a coward, and Spock and Kirk the author was not in the right universe. I want a refund from the author and publisher, but never will get it. AVOID this novel. It is plagiarized and unworthy to be read.

As it looks at this time, Cj and I may not be able to attend the 2014 comic-con. We took a small dive in income last week, but I still had a job lined up. That fell through last night and that was to h