I am now on Twitter.

I am now on Twitter. My username is @TWAbbottJr. I've made it part of my goals for this year to learn how to use social media for connecting with people and getting the word out about my writing. I believe strongly that whatever path I take in writing, learning about social media will play an important role in being successful.

Amorissa submitted to first readers.

I have submitted my manuscript to my list of first readers. Kind of a good feeling to finally have this work off my mind. Push it away and think of something else.

On pins and needles awaiting feedback.

I am now working on Counting Crows. I have done some cover art, and I am typesetting the text and giving it a final edit. I'm going to release this as an e-book.

It is finished...the work is done!

Mage's Bloodline: Amorissa. 111,300 words.

A lot of people think they want to start a novel. It takes a huge amount of determination to follow through on that wish and finish.

I've been keeping careful record of my progress so that I can have some idea of how long I can expect a sequel to take. Amorissa has taken me two and a half years, and I still don't have all of my ideas fully-formed. I better learn how to work faster.

Over the next couple of days I will be converting to .doc and .pdf. Then I send it out to all my friends and cross my fingers. I told people they can pass along the link to the download page to as many friends as they like.

Second draft of Amorissa is completed.

This took nine whole months longer than I thought it would. I've totally re-written the beginning, and I re-worked several of the rough spots in the plot.

Now I do a fast read through the entire story. At this point I'm just checking consistency to make sure I don't have any loose ends. There are a handful of notes for changes that I need to make, as well.

First draft of Amorissa is finished.

Last night I finished the first draft of Amorissa. I have written the last sentence.

I can’t help but feel a supreme sense of satisfaction at having done this, but at the same time there is an overwhelming sense of urgency to continue this work and to have make it completely ready. There are numerous notes for things that need to be fixed, and other ideas that have to be incorporated into the story.

TWAbbott.com goes live!

It's never too early to purchase a domain name. Get a .com name, if you can. They're the easiest for people to remember. If somebody else swipes a name you want, getting it back can be expensive--usually in the order of thousands of dollars.

Yeah. Never too early.

Tom is building his new website.

I am sitting here at my computer working on this website, when I could be outside repairing the sprinklers in my front yard.