"The bog of..."

I'm currently writing the middle part of my NaNoWriMo project The Orchid Collector. And it feels a bit like wading through a swamp... But I trudge on. I am determined that this first draft will not join my collection of unfinished manuscripts. Even if it is written very badly, it will get written! 

My book of cartoons, The Would-Be Novelist, published last week, is available on Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1702470016?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

It's published!

The Would-be Novelist is now live on Amazon! To buy it, you can follow this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1702470016?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

"When you're so obsessed with a word..."

Some words appear again and again in my writing. I have, for example, a strange obsession with the word strange. People, buildings, landscapes, atmospheres, situations, etc., etc. are strange. Characters look strangely at each other. Everything is pervaded by strangeness. It's all very strange. 

One aspect of the editing I did on my novel was trying to get rid of those words I kept using again and again. I'm still wondering why I'm using strange so much... It sure is strange.