The Writer's Progress

With the last two books now finished and in publication, I have turned my attention to the novel opening that has sat on my desktop for... some years now. The tomato sauce stain on one's white shirt right in the middle, second button height. An ugly reminder of the a pretty good meal now a memory otherwise fading into oblivion. It isn't that I have lost interest in the work. It's more of the fact of not having a firm footing on just how I was to go about making it come to life. /That sort of writer's dilemma.

A family member's question if I had ever heard of Terry Pratchett, changed that. No, I had not heard of that gentleman. Gadzooks! How can that be!? If i had known that answer I would have to ability of divine revelation. Turns out, Terry Pratchett books have become a divine revelation for my writing. Being a writer of satire, he has become my master. Master Pratchett, as Erma Bombeck and Dave Barry once held that slot, forty years ago. Times change.

I am just certain that the gazillion readers of my blog will attest to are the changing times. Alright, perhaps both of them will. At any rate, I am looking forward to making this novel a worthy read, writing Wendell Wankerman's character well. Stay tuned as they say....