Please judge.

The most important book published by a Kunken this year.

You're only as good as the last envelope....THE MANUSCRIPT IS COMPLETE!

I still think it’s a good idea…

I recently learned the difference between story and plot. Thats what I’ve been working on for the past 2 years…

1960's Harlem and a Pulitzer Prize winner enters the genre with 'HARLEM SHUFFLE'. Here's some lessons.

Why they are a litmus test and have resulted in more re-writing than any other editing aspect.

This will solve everything for your novel. At least that’s my hypothesis.

In some heists the floor is hot lava. In others you can scamper right across the lobby. Here are 5 misc. things I’ve learned thus far on the genre and the process of writing.

3 Lesson about writing emotions from ‘The Emotional Craft of Fiction’ by Donald Mass.

And why does everybody keep saying you need to find it? My thoughts...

Three (plus one) hidden gems I uncovered this week from circa 1983, for anybody on their grind; from John Gardener's 'On Becoming A Novelist'

Three writerly ninja moves I've collected this week.

A list of my research books with cool tidbits before I retire them. (It’s my attempt to move on from toiling away on Act 1).

How often do best selling authors tell you what the character is thinking? (Spreadsheets inside.)

There are three states of information in a book. You either know: (1) More than the hero; (2) Less than the hero or; (3) The same as the hero.

And there’s one more state in a heist.

Here is some more research into why this is taking so long: I've unintentionally been tackling this story in three stages.

Today I have three small lessons I’ve collected and observed lately. In other words, three more things I am in the process of overthinking.

This post is a really long way of describing all about how I eventually stepped away from using spreadsheets to do the actual writing (and finally finish) my manuscript.

Here are two tools I’m trying that keep me engaged as a reader.