M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/23 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/23

Website: 5th anniversary

I’ve been distracted by my retirement and the preparations for moving to the US at the end of June, but my days are full of writing. I will have so much to show when publication time finally rolls around.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/22 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/22

Website: 4th anniversary

It’s this website’s fourth anniversary. In the last year I published my first novel, Under Shōko’s Bed. I also wrote four new ones. With all that productivity, while I lost my way with this blog, I did not give up on it.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 3/28/22 M. Harmon Wilkinson 3/28/22

Fans

Since 2021 was the year I finally published something, 2022 is going to be the year I finally get some fans. They’ve got some good stories coming.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 3/4/22 M. Harmon Wilkinson 3/4/22

Obsession

Writing obsessively over the last few months, things have fallen by the wayside, including this blog.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/30/21

National Novel Writing Month 2021 III

I finished NaNoWriMo today with my biggest thirty-day word count ever: 120,000 words.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/15/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/15/21

National Novel Writing Month 2021 II

Four wins in four years.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/1/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 11/1/21

National Novel Writing Month 2021

This year I am writing a sequel. It’s fun to already know the characters and the world they inhabit.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 7/15/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 7/15/21

Basing characters on friends

How does a real life friend feel when a character based on them does things they would never have done?

M. Harmon Wilkinson 7/2/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 7/2/21

When do you write the sequel?

Somehow, the idea of a “part II” seems premature when I don’t even know whether anyone will like the first book. But it may be necessary to set up the sequel in the first novel.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 5/21/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 5/21/21

The idea: A Scowl Becomes Me

All my male protagonists are alike. They’re all me, except better looking.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 5/16/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 5/16/21

A hermit's life revisited

During the last year, hiding out from COVID-19, I had more time to write. How will I handle things after I’m vaccinated?

M. Harmon Wilkinson 5/3/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 5/3/21

Cover: Under Shōko's Bed II

This last step included what has been the most troublesome part of preparing the book for publication, writing the cover blurbs.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/13/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/13/21

Book design: Under Shōko's Bed

I needed a book designer. I wanted a beautiful book, even if it made the likelihood of a profit an even further reach.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/21 M. Harmon Wilkinson 4/1/21

Website: 3rd anniversary

My third year on the website, I only made seventeen blog posts, but I wrote a lot.

M. Harmon Wilkinson 12/18/20 M. Harmon Wilkinson 12/18/20

Revisiting the decision to self-publish

After months of vacillating, I have decided to go back to self-publishing. It gives me total control.