by Zack Russell | Jun 18, 2019 | Writing Updates
Today, my first-ever short story was published, with Havok. It’s called “Luminous Matter.” If you’re reading this after June 18, read the story on the archive page but you’ll have to become a member (and it’s a no-brainer;...
by Zack Russell | Dec 1, 2018 | Writing Updates
NaNoWriMo drew to a close last night. I didn’t make it to 50,000 words, so I’m 1 for 2 now. BUT there were lots of good things that came out of the month-long writing challenge. First off, I am 25,418 words closer to completing the manuscript for my...
by Zack Russell | Jul 16, 2018 | Writing Updates
I recently hit the half-way point in the manuscript for my work in progress, a sci-fi novel about deep space travel. Half-way at least in terms of expected word count. I’m not yet to the second half of the story. So this could mean a longer final word count, or...
by Zack Russell | Dec 13, 2017 | Writing Updates
I officially embarked on my novel-writing journey in November, through a nationwide challenge called National Novel Writing Month — or NaNoWriMo for short. The goal for NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. This was the first time I had attempted it,...