Jeff Macfee http://macfee.net It Will All Work Out in the End Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:48:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 An actual blog post http://macfee.net/2012/04/02/an-actual-blog-post/ http://macfee.net/2012/04/02/an-actual-blog-post/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:48:31 +0000 jeff http://macfee.net/?p=348 Continue reading →]]> The latest first draft is going well. Almost too well. I’m at 25000 words, I don’t hate the thing, and the arc of the plot and characters is more or less on target for the overall length of the book.

Obviously I’m screwed.

But in reality this is encouraging. I haven’t felt this way on a book since, well, since the last book I actually finished. Three years ago.

Yes–after the first draft this version of me will go hide. The ugly side will come out and read the novel and scream and cut large swaths through the draft. As you do. As you should do. But that version needs to stay away for the time being. I’m in exactly the correct frame of mind to get this sucker done.

Damn it all if I don’t think this might work yet.

]]> http://macfee.net/2012/04/02/an-actual-blog-post/feed/ 3 Empire State – Worldbuilder http://macfee.net/2012/03/16/empire-state-worldbuilder/ http://macfee.net/2012/03/16/empire-state-worldbuilder/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:12:30 +0000 jeff http://macfee.net/?p=345 Continue reading →]]> I’ve got a story up at the Empire State Worldbuilder site. If you haven’t read Empire State, you should. It’s a great pulp/alternate world/superhero book by Adam Christopher, and Worldbuilder is the related shared world project.

The story is called When Her Ship Came In.

]]> http://macfee.net/2012/03/16/empire-state-worldbuilder/feed/ 0 Another tiny ray of sunlight http://macfee.net/2012/03/07/another-tiny-ray-of-sunlight/ http://macfee.net/2012/03/07/another-tiny-ray-of-sunlight/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:19:08 +0000 jeff http://macfee.net/2012/03/07/another-tiny-ray-of-sunlight/ I’ve got another story up – hit a while ago but never posted to my site.

Real True Facts. Up at The Flash Fiction Offensive.

Again, another site full of solid writers. Go. Read.

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The story is called 39.

]]> http://macfee.net/2011/10/12/new-story-up/feed/ 0 Disrupting the tumbleweeds http://macfee.net/2011/09/29/disrupting-the-tumbleweeds/ http://macfee.net/2011/09/29/disrupting-the-tumbleweeds/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:59:17 +0000 jeff http://macfee.net/2011/09/29/disrupting-the-tumbleweeds/ Blog–what blog?

I should have some bits of good news to post here shortly.

That is all.

Huzzah.

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