Started: A new story for a contest over on the Aphelion forum... As with all of my stories, I like to begin with a little storyboarding. My apologies for my lack of talent as an artist; hopefully my writing makes up for it.
Almost finished: A new story in my "New Mexico" series. This one involves a new set of characters (i.e. not Clifford Sloan and co.).
Resting: The "Ghost Train". It's finished and not finished. The writers in the audience will know what that means. For the rest of us... ha! I'll translate. The story employs a series of flashbacks to a similar incident involving the train in Mexico. I'm trying to decide whether to include this element or not. Pros: I think it's a pretty neat addition to the story... Cons: It does delay some of the action and it certainly raises the old wordcount.
I also want to re-write the current draft and "beef up" the dialogue a little... okay, a lot. Writing dialogue is always an area that I struggle with, and I don't feel like the verbal exchanges in this story "work for me" yet. And if it doesn't work for me yet, then there's a pretty good chance it wouldn't work for my small, but wonderfully loyal band of avid followers! :-)
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