I’ve been done with my ‘novel’ for a couple of days. It was a amazing thing to do for me. I learned a lot – mostly what not to do – for example – don’t start writing a book without having any idea of the plot. That’s the first lesson. Second lesson – do not stop typing no matter what and you will eventually get to the end. Third lesson – never allow anyone to read your first draft.

Here’s a quote from Nate “Daddy, if you write one novel for each of the next 20 years – at least one of them will be the best you can do.” Thanks Nate. That’s great. Really appreciate that. I put the novel, called Sea Isle City, in a box in the attic and there it stays forever.

I have started taking notes for my next novel. Back to poetry for a couple of weeks.