There’s something about connecting with a protagonist; of stepping into their shoes, hearing their thoughts, and bonding with them as they struggle. Most of the time there’s some thread of the human condition that connects us to our ‘hero.’ When you’re done bonding with John Cleaver after reading I Am Not A Serial Killer, you shiver in dread. Dan Willis gives us the protagonist role and twists it around on us....

I would say the passing of another month so quickly comes as a surprise, but then I’d be repeating myself from the last several years. Looking over the first four weeks of the year I can’t judge whether I’ve done a good job or a bad job. I finished a novel (+1), wrote two flash fiction pieces (+1), and am halfway through a short story (+1). I also didn’t meet my 31k goal for the month (-1), got sick and didn’t write for 9 days...

4K today, 17K overall. Increase count by around 30%. I wrote some screwed up stuff tonight. If it freaks me out, it’s gotta stay in for sure. I talk a little of how I feel on the story and the writing I’m doing. Want to Download the episode? Here you go.  

Nice Weekend, but I didn’t make my personal goals. I blew NaNoWriMo’s goal out of the water though. 12K already. Want to Download the episode? Here you go.  

700 words today. It was a light one due to playing in an awesome Burning Wheel Game. I talk about that a bit. Onward to an awesome writing weekend. Want to Download the episode? Here you go.