Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
Yes, it was an uncompleted novel about spiritual warfare and followed a warrior angel. In terms of a completed story when I started taking this business seriously, it was called "Rag-man" and was for a small publisher. I believe I received a token payment for it and it is collected in my book, "Magic Man Plus 15 Tales of Terror."
What is your writing process?
It's very simple: write draft one, run spellcheck, print and edit longhand, type in those edits, print and edit again, type in those edits, then send Draft Three off to my editor. Get it back, go over his edits, which I count as Draft Four, then go through it once more myself before publication.
I don't edit as I write, but just let the story come as it does, scene by scene, bit by bit, careful that each word serves the story and keeps the plot moving forward.
I like to write on a portable unit so I can write wherever, and then do the other drafts on my desktop computer because that's when the production process of turning that first draft into a published book begins.
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