Author Archives: dpreisig

I’m trying to recover from being away for most of January. I’ve been working on genealogy, but I need to get back to writing and cleaning and other pursuits. I’ve been here at my house and at work, but I haven’t been online as much and not writing at all. I wasn’t able to goContinue reading “Rejoining the World”

I just lost a whole post I wrote. Easy come, easy go, I guess. But it wasn’t easy. I let the holidays take over my life. I’m still trying to get my decorations down, and I delivered the last gifts yesterday. My work week starts today, but I have sworn to work an hour aContinue reading “Genealogy”

I’m going to be running behind for the holidays and less regular. I took a week off to shop, cook, clean and clean again for Thanksgiving. Christmas is even worse in terms of the preparations I need to make. And, Holidays are important after all and spending time with our loved ones. I will stillContinue reading “Holidays”

I’m working on my marketing skills. I’ve practiced adding headers to my social media posts so that people will know what books I have available. I have a long way to go with this. When I first started publishing books, some 20 years ago, I learned that publishing and book design was a totally differentContinue reading “Practicing”

The last couple of days I didn’t write. As writers we need to wear multiple hats. We need to write, edit, publish and even market our own work. We need to get it out there where people can find it and read it. The photo above is the way Lincoln would’ve looked in the timeContinue reading “Changing Hats”

Only four chapters left in this book. Currently, still working on chapter 20, which is close to finished. I’m enjoying working on this book but will be glad to have it complete and know that I did accomplish it. Hoping to work on some marketing with Judy on Saturday. In the meantime, I hope toContinue reading “Writing is Bliss”

I finished up my researching yesterday and started writing chapter 20. Got 4-5 pages in. I think the ending of the book will be really good now. I still worry about the pacing in the trial chapters and hope to run that by my group and get their feedback. I’m so happy to be writingContinue reading “Writing Again”

Today I finished outlining Ch 21. Chapters 20 and 21 are both trial chapters. First the trial of the defenders, then the trial of the attackers. In Chapter 22, Lincoln gives one of his first public speeches. I started reading analysis of this speech. It is the culmination of the book. Lincoln was, in realContinue reading “Progress”

First of all, if you don’t need to write a historical novel to fulfill your dream, don’t. They are a lot more work and you won’t be able to write as many books because of it. How accurate do you need to be? It is a novel after all. Only you can answer this. ForContinue reading “Researching”

I finished Chapter 19 today and need to do more research and outlining before Chapter 20. Outlining sounds daunting, but breaking it down into smaller pieces makes it easier. Every book starts with an idea for a book. Most people have a vague idea or concept that it is to be about. For example, aContinue reading “Outlining Again”