MILK RUN Update

Hi All! It’s taking me a bit longer to complete the next scene chapter for my new military SciFi novel MILK RUN. That’s because, unlike the other scenes posted, this is literally a brand new scene. The earlier scenes were created about six years ago. But I got writer’s block and things got real busy at the office. So, I stopped the project. Picking up where I left off, those scenes required less rework and…

It Was Tough To Write

This next chapter scene was hard to write. Yet, for some reason, I keep doing it!  It represents yet another low point for our hero in the story.   Now normally, one would expect to see just one low point in a seven-act story where the hero/heroine feels all is lost.  But for MILK RUN, I felt a double low point is necessary: one to represent a career low and the second a more personal low.   The…

August 22, 2022 Beta Reader Review Update

Got lots of good feedback from my military SciFi novel MILK RUN beta readers on the idea to change the 17th scene (Standoff!).  The change happens when our hero, Captain Toby Louis is relieved of command on the destroyer class spaceship, USS Princeton, by his second in command, Commander John Emerson.  Some might call it mutiny.  Others might call it saving the ship, its crew and mission.  (Hey! That sounds like a nice tag line,…

My Writing MILK RUN and Two New Books for Springtime Reading

First of all, a BIG THANK YOU to my MILK RUN Beta readers for your reviews, comments and encouragement.   YES, your feedback has been very helpful . . .  to the point that I have tweaked/reposted a few scenes based on your comments. MILK RUN is currently in the “creation” stage as I write one scene at a time based on an earlier outline that follows the seven basic elements of a classic three…