Eric C Bailey, Author

a sixty+ aspiring published author

“Nothing is writing, except writing.”

Eric C Blog ~ INDEX

December, 14 2025

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EXTINCTION SPECIES posts that are marked with a red-orange star
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Feb 24, 2026 11:24 PM

I will Kill my Darlings ...

In preperation to re-plot EXTINCTION SPECIES I put the whole manuscript into Plottr.

I am now summarrizing each chapter on the print out of the Plottr file.

How obvious it is that whole chapters have to be deleted—as was often stated by my editor … crap!

Jan 31, 2026 11:34 PM

My knees are drier ...

And the pyramids are a faint haze in the distance …

Yes, I was in denial. EXTINCTION SPECIES had finally had the big professional developmental edit—and it left me gutted.

Original DRAFT written in the summer of 2025

Jan 8, 2026 8:27 PM

FINDING an editor ...

I am a Newb. When I started writing in August 2019, I was starting at zero. Thanks to Meg Latorre and Jenna Moreci, I got the basics from YouTube right some quick.

by Eric C Bailey

Originally published Dec. 14, 2023

Dec 28, 2025 10:49 AM

Favorite Things (not writing related)

This is a common addition to other author’s newsletters. It seems like a good idea. After all, we have to stop writing, plotting, outlining, and daydreaming sometime ...

Dec 14, 2025 7:27 AM

I am not a good writer ... yet!

I am not a good writer. I am not a natural writer. Sounds like clickbait? Maybe a little, yet it is all too true.

I will go into this subject in detail on my blog; this is a heads-up of what’s coming. A heads up of why EXTINCTION SPECIES has stalled …