by Jared Garrett | Sep 3, 2012 | Blog
My friends, I didn’t realize that it has been a month since my last post. I’ve had my head down, revising Beat feverishly. My tremendous critique group helped me see that I needed at least three new scenes at the beginning of the book. Some great readers... by Jared Garrett | Jul 9, 2012 | Blog
My friends, I finally got Servant of the King polished enough to send it to Covenant. They have confirmed receipt of it and I am pleased as punch. July has ambitious goals. Here they are, in no particular order (anybody remember where that phrase came from? I do and a... by Jared Garrett | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog
I’ve been writing for a long time. When I was 16, I began a handwritten novel that was essentially an homage to the Robert Ludlum books I had been devouring. I called it The Zurich Connection. See? It even sounds like a Robert Ludlum novel. My book was about a... by Jared Garrett | Dec 31, 2010 | Blog
So I wrote about 6700 words today. With a book that is now 85000 words, that’s nearly 10% of the entire book in one day. It’s late, I’m tired and such, so that’s it almost. Since I posted that I was going to try to get this book done, I have... by Jared Garrett | Dec 30, 2010 | Blog
So I haven’t been able to keep up with my goals, which is disappointing. However, today I knocked out well over 2000 words, probably more than 2500. I also built a city! Okay, I didn’t actually build the city, but I drew it up, came up with regional...