Journal Entries for 2008
Journal Entries for 2007
Journal Entries for 2006
Journal Entries for 2005
Journal Entries for 2004
Journal Entries for 2003
Journal Entries for 2002
01: Buh-Bye 2005 (7 comments)
02: Goals for 2006 (5 comments)
03: Nice. (12 comments)
10: For Sale. Today. (Updated) (6 comments)
11: Switching to the slow lane (13 comments)
11: Speaking of Books... (2 comments)
12: Good news needed (11 comments)
13: Free Weekend! (5 comments)
15: Hopeful Sunday (8 comments)
16: Doin' some writing stuff again... (0 comments)
17: Hanging out in the Big Chairs (PHOTOS) (9 comments)
18: Short projects (6 comments)
19: Story Mania (4 comments)
20: The Weird Habits of Me (a meme) (11 comments)
20: One of those nights... (UPDATED HOURLY!) (17 comments)
24: Unwired (9 comments)
25: Half-cafs, Taps, Drinkers, Dunks (4 comments)
25: Some more miscellanea that I think is cool (9 comments)
28: Saturday stories (7 comments)
29: Sunday novelizing (4 comments)
29: Note to self (0 comments)
30: Feverish writing (3 comments)
31: Mmmm. Beer. (8 comments)
February
03: Grilling Armadilloes (4 comments)
06: Hello, old friends. (9 comments)
07: Anyone speak Russian? UPDATED (11 comments)
09: "Drinker" sold! (19 comments)
10: A break from the dancing fake cows (8 comments)
12: Notes for a novel, Moleskine-style (4 comments)
14: A busy 14 months (5 comments)
14: Things I Wish Would Happen: February 2006 (0 comments)
14: A nice Valentine's Day gift... (MORE Pix) (24 comments)
17: Buh Bye Books, a Kickin' Story (8 comments)
18: Releasing to the Press... (15 comments)
20: Packin' em up, shippin' em out... (20 comments)
22: Isn't that cheating? (11 comments)
24: Nowa Fantastyka! And Octopus Gloves! (5 comments)
25: Ticking off ToDos (2 comments)
27: A wonderful sign to come home to... (16 comments)
March
01: My Sad, Lonely, Unfinished Novel (for now!) (2 comments)
02: Nowa available (5 comments)
03: 26 Months is a long time... (7 comments)
05: This is what I get for getting started... (8 comments)
05: Almost forget this tidbit of nice news: (5 comments)
05: Drew's First Haircut (Photos) (12 comments)
05: And one last thing... (2 comments)
06: Quick Update (6 comments)
07: Still chugging away (7 comments)
08: Pressed and still chugging (2 comments)
09: 13 down, 10 to go... (2 comments)
10: Soundtrack, successful friends, some more words (4 comments)
11: Too lazy for a real entry (4 comments)
12: A Devil of a collaborative sale! (12 comments)
12: And another thing... (8 comments)
14: Polishing (2 comments)
15: Running the Numbers (5 comments)
17: Tiny progress, but I'll take it (2 comments)
17: More progress, lunch version (2 comments)
20: From an April Fool to a Taxing Deadline (3 comments)
21: 70% Sleep-induced (3 comments)
22: Two Houses, Not Divided (3 comments)
23: 'Nother Update (0 comments)
23: My crazy past life... (9 comments)
24: Podcasted! (7 comments)
24: Wow. (2 comments)
27: Moved. (13 comments)
28: First review for HEART'S REVENGE! (6 comments)
31: March totals (0 comments)
April
03: No longer blinded by the light (0 comments)
04: Shots suck. (7 comments)
05: Words... (2 comments)
10: Busy weekend! (PHOTOS) (9 comments)
12: Nifty baseball news! (9 comments)
13: More numbers... (2 comments)
14: Final Stretch for Sixteen Miles (1 comments)
15: Sixteen Miles and Nineteen Pages (3 comments)
16: Done! (11 comments)
25: Nice review...! (8 comments)
May
07: (I) May Update! (Or I May Not) (4 comments)
13: A quick word or two... (4 comments)
16: Thirty Days without a Single Word... (10 comments)
June
06: A good reason to journal again... (4 comments)
06: Defining True Loss (14 comments)
07: New Schedule Underway... (4 comments)
07: Here, There, Anywhere? (11 comments)
10: One of THOSE entries (4 comments)
11: An' another one of 'em... (5 comments)
13: 36 (18 comments)
14: 18 (7 comments)
15: Paper Rock Scissors (2 comments)
16: Various and Sundried (4 comments)
17: First Six (4 comments)
19: Nifty news, 2.5 years in the making... (16 comments)
22: Quotes of the Day (1 comments)
25: Another review of Heart's Revenge (4 comments)
25: Not a middle of the day writer (0 comments)
26: 19 to go (3 comments)
26: Did you get an email about this journal entry?? (9 comments)
27: Here we go again... (3 comments)
28: 9 (15 comments)
July
01: Pecking away (2 comments)
05: Far-fetched stories (0 comments)
06: I like this excerpt too much... (6 comments)
09: Catch-Up Sunday (2 comments)
10: Oh hey, another HEART'S REVENGE review! (5 comments)
14: Snippets from a week (3 comments)
28: Back... for now... (4 comments)
August
01: Lit'ry Links (5 comments)
02: Coming soon, to a small Iowa town near you! (11 comments)
03: How I got hooked... (0 comments)
06: Back home (5 comments)
12: Back home, again... (2 comments)
13: In the News (and Observer) (5 comments)
15: Headin' out, again... (7 comments)
18: The reading in Dyersville... (6 comments)
22: A couple really quick weddin' photos (14 comments)
24: More good news (5 comments)
26: A fine way to spend a Saturday (0 comments)
31: What's changed since my last entry...? (0 comments)
September
05: Train ride! (4 comments)
11: In a linking mood today... (7 comments)
15: Back to work on the old new novel... (4 comments)
16: Here we go again! (6 comments)
16: Work in progress (photos) (5 comments)
23: Weekend Update (3 comments)
25: Teardrops big as dimes (6 comments)
25: Speaking of Dad Stuff... (6 comments)
26: Great article about 110-year-old baseball player... (0 comments)
26: Compare and contrast... (0 comments)
29: In case ya missed it... (0 comments)
October
01: Welcome October! (4 comments)
02: Click, click, and click (5 comments)
03: Chugging along, with sudden bursts of harsh reality (1 comments)
05: New chapter, drafted, with a completely free Drew story or two (3 comments)
07: Frustrating non-writing day (0 comments)
08: A good writing day, in the afternoon even (0 comments)
09: More cool links for Farrago's Wainscot (0 comments)
14: Computer-free weekend, sort of (0 comments)
16: Catching up, bit by bit (0 comments)
17: "Mainstream" publishers... (0 comments)
18: Quite a nice day (0 comments)
19: More good progress (0 comments)
21: Finally done! And did I mention the crossbow? (0 comments)
24: Slog, with cheese (0 comments)
27: Dungeons, ears, Snowbirds, visitors (0 comments)
31: Halloween already??? (0 comments)
November
01: Pointing out the moon (0 comments)
05: Hot chocolate and windmills (0 comments)
05: Important links (0 comments)
08: Yahoo! Indeed. (0 comments)
08: Sold again, for the first time! (0 comments)
09: THANKS! (0 comments)
10: Flipping (0 comments)
12: 2.0 done! Now on to the rest o' my life... (0 comments)
14: 2006 Pubs (One last entry I've been meaning to write for a while...) (0 comments)
14: From Publishers Marketplace (0 comments)
14: Six weird things about me (a meme!) (0 comments)
16: Way to go, bro and sis! (0 comments)
16: NPR's Novel Ideas -- your writerly answers (1 comments)
16: Overheard from the high chair (0 comments)
21: Jade Tiger (UPDATED) (0 comments)
21: Quick hits from the past week (0 comments)
27: And, I'm back again! (8 comments)
28: Back on the writing wagon again... (5 comments)
29: Seven or eight scenes, with popcorn! (4 comments)
December
03: Weekend (not Weakened) (1 comments)
03: Relaxing is for wimps (0 comments)
04: Two Questions about Books (12 comments)
04: Change your links -- one last time!!! (4 comments)
11: Recharging... (2 comments)
11: What a week this is, indeed!!! (4 comments)
14: Happy Birthday(s)!!! (4 comments)
18: Back home again... (4 comments)
18: Time and changes (photos) (10 comments)
31: What a Year (8 comments)
