Chase Gamwell

Month: March 2016

  • Welcome!

    Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog! My name is Chase Gamwell and I’m a writer. At first, I decided to start this blog to document my struggle towards becoming a published author, but since then, it’s grown into so much more. Every day I add something…

  • Doubt

    On Sunday, I sent Over the Edge to an agent. Today, I’m discovering a new phase of the query process: doubt. Sunday (and even Monday), I was ridiculously excited about the fact that my manuscript was in the hands of an agent. The feeling was immensely satisfying and I reveled…

  • One Step Closer

    On Sunday morning, I woke up to one of the best things a writer can receive: A request, from an agent, for my full manuscript. Almost before I had finished reading the email, I was running downstairs to my wife to tell her the good news. Of course, this good…

  • Flash Fiction Prompt – Borders (150 words max)

    Outside (144 words) – written 3/11/16 There was nothing past the bubble. Even if you pressed your nose against it, the glare was too strong to see more than a few inches and, even then, there was only darkness beyond. It had always been this way in Ellion. Nothing ever…

  • Flash Fiction Prompt – Glass Half Empty (200 words max)

    Ghost (199 words) – written 3/4/16 The felt brim of a hat was pushed up with a single finger, the rest gripping a mostly empty glass of gin. The face beneath the brim was old, deep wrinkles forming a lattice of time that spoke to the years this individual had seen.…

  • Baby Steps

    The most important part of any process is making sure that you keep moving forward. Over the past month, I’ve forgotten that very important point. In the process of querying for Over the Edge, I’ve let most everything else fall to the wayside – beta reading, writing on Infinity’s Heir, developing…

  • Onward

    As my queries crash across the rocks looking for safe harbor, the rest of my fleet continues on through the storm of writing (yes…nautical references…my blog does have to live up to its name…). After a rather large submission yesterday, I got the sudden urge to write. For a few hours,…

  • New Page – Flash Fiction

    I just added a page where I can post the flash fiction that I write. Keep an eye on it over the coming weeks/months, as the content there should grow as I post more. On a separate note, there has to be a better way to organize this stuff than…

  • Inspiration

    The more I write, the more I’m finding that inspiration can come from the most interesting places. Now, I’m not really a person that derives a lot of enjoyment from watching television. Even reading can be very hit or miss for me – which is funny, considering how much I…

  • Pacing Edits

    I’ve finally completed another edit of Over the Edge. With it, the book feels more final than it ever has before. Pacing in the first few chapters should be a lot more brisk, pushing the story forward with no major breaks in the action throughout the entire piece. Though I…