I have not posted in a long long time. I used to post every night, but eventually my blog was no longer about woodworking, just additional chapters of my Henry Wood Detective novels.

Back in October I got a job which required leaving my home. The long commute really shortened my days and I lost my ‘Woodworking Time’. I had only enough time to write every day.

On Monday I went to the Woodsmith store and picked up a couple of magazines and a nice piece of cherry. I intend to make a few more tiny boxes to give away to promote the release of my first novel. ‘The Henry Wood Detective Agency’ got its start right here on Lumberjocks and now I am about to finish up the 3rd in the series. (All three should be released this summer, with at least the 1st one having a print edition.)

I wanted to thank everyone who encouraged me and followed Henry on his adventures. So Thanks. Tonight I wrote a blog post with some of the details about how Henry Wood came about and where he is now, if anyone is interested.

http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/05/story-of-the-writing-of-henry-wood/

Thanks,

Brian

p.s. I will however keep posting anything with woodworking foibles. :-) Monday I start my new tiny boxes!

I took a day off. Then yesterday I wanted to start writing again. I am completely addicted. So I have started the 3rd Henry Wood.

http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/02/henry-wood-perception-ch-1-photos/

Thanks,

Brian

I have finished my novel. http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/02/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-67-epilogue/

It is time to start thinking about Henry Wood 3: The Wrath of Kahn….wait, I think that title has been taken.

Brian

I wrote ch 65 last night and tonight 66. Today’s chapter reveals who the murderer is, but I am going to write one more chapter tomorrow. So it isn’t quite done yet, but it is close.

Ch 65: http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/02/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-65/

Ch 66: http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/02/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-66/

Thanks,

Brian

I have been writing a lot, but have done a terrible job of updating LJ. I haven’t done much on woodworking though, so I haven’t been around. The Henry Wood is coming along, in fact, I just posted chapter 64. So that means there are about 19 more chapters, if you haven’t been checking my site daily. I believe the last one was 45.

I think most people from LJ who have been reading Henry Wood, do stop in daily, so I haven’t felt like clogging up the blog posts with my daily links.

I do appreciate everyone’s support and encouragement, as it has made writing fun. The novel is nearly done and when it is, I will do a rewrite and polish it up a bit. I have also decided to rewrite the 1st Henry Wood, add another 18K words, fill it out some, and get move it from novella to novel.

Thanks again for reading my drivel,

Brian

http://ExtremelyAverage.com

I did some cleaning of the shop tonight. Nothing worth writing about though. I have still been adding chapters to Henry Wood. I just realized that I have been neglecting the LJ folks. I am sorry about that. There are seven or eight more chapters up now. I just posted ch 45, and I think the last one I told you about was 37. If you click on the Henry Wood heading at the top, they are all grouped together. It is pretty close to 50,000 words now, so this one is offically a novel. Thanks to everyone who has been encouraging my writing. It has made it easier to reach my goal.

http://extremelyaverage.com

Brian

As many of you know, I have been spending very little time in the shop of late. Tonight I got back down there and found my tools were very upset with me. I was even bitten by my belt sander. But by the end, we were all friends again.

http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/01/unhappy-tools/

Brian

Spike Carlsen, ‘A Splintered Hisotry of Wood’, is a delight. I am only two chapters into the book, but I became so excited about the stories, I had to write the review. I have decided to write the review in parts, because, well, I can.

If you have a mild interest in wood or woodworking, this book will be one of the best you read all year. Or I should say, the first two chapters will be. If you love woodworking, this will send you into a state of giddiness. That isn’t even my review. It is here…

http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/01/splintered-history-of-wood-review-pt-1/

Brian

Another Henry Wood, for Dennis, Bill, Canadianchips, and anyone else who is following the adventure (yes even Shirley too. :-)). Now I think I am going to make a master copy of all the chapters thus far, and start trying a bit of rewriting. It couldn’t hurt. I might learn a thing or two. :-)

Brian

http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/01/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-37-the-captain/

I appreciate the comments and feedback. Even the mean and nasty ones, like the one I received an hour or so ago on yesterday’s post. I don’t mind mean and nasty, if the person is also including accurate corrections, which he did. He did ask that I “please quit abusing the English language!” I guess it isn’t that nasty, because he did say please. I am not sure if the exclamation point was necessary though. It is hard to say.

But it does seem reasonable to again offer my apologies to anyone who is offended by my frequent spelling and grammar errors. I can’t promise that I won’t make many more errors, but I am constantly trying to get better. When word press indicates I have spelled something incorrectly, I don’t just right click and fix it. I try to figure out the correct spelling. Alas, word press can’t catch things like using “wondered instead of wandered”.

So again, I am sorry for the quality. I hope the story is at least entertaining, warts and all.

http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/01/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-36-mikes-call/

Sincerely,

Brian

I just posted chapter 35 Henry Wood. I wrote a blog piece every day of the last year. In truth, because of guest blogging, I actually wrote around 380 posts, but the point is, I didn’t take a day off! I couldn’t have made it without all of your kind words.

Thanks,

Brian

http://extremelyaverage.com/2011/01/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-35-moments-in-time/

On Jan 2 of this year, I started blogging. I posted on blogger and here. Because of the wonderful encouragement everyone gave me, I continued woodworking and blogging. Now I can cut dovetails by hand, and they look fair. I am able to make tiny boxes. I am also not afraid to try more and more difficult projects. I also descovered a second love. Of course, I mean that sexy babe writing.

I haven’t been doing as much woodworking the last month, mostly because I picked up a lot of holiday hours, and just didn’t have time to make sawdust and write. So I have been working on my 2nd novel, Henry Wood: Time and Again. There are 34 chapters up now, totally around 36,000 words. I only need 14,000 more to reach the 50K novel plateau, but I will likely write 30-40 more, as the story is a long ways from setteled. I hope, those who follow it, are enjoying the tale.

Tonight, I wrote a year in review piece, which is much like what I just wrote above, though with a bunch more silliness.

http://su.pr/1aca1y

Thanks Everyone,

Brian

I didn’t post last night, because I wrote a ‘I have a terrible cold’ adeled post about a goat. It was not at all about woodworking or Henry Wood, so I posted it and went to bed.

Today, I had hoped to do some woodworking, but I was still recovering. It was an off day from work, so I did bang out another 1100 words of Henry Wood. I hope you enjoy.

http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-33-back-at-the-office/

Brian

I hope everyone is enjoying the day. It was a pretty good year. I discovered two new loves, woodworking and writing. The encouragement from everyone at Lumberjocks has made all the difference. Teh last few weeks have been chaotic, and I have done a terrible job of posting here. For that I am sorry.

I haven’t had any time for woodworking, as I have been working every day, but I have still been doing some writing, each night before I hit the sack. I think the last chapter I posted was 21, which must have been 9 days ago, as I have written 9 more since then, I hope you will enjoy them. Now I better get back to writing, so I will have something to post tonight.

http://ExtremelyAverage.com

Here is the latest Henry Wood Chapter, I do hope it is enjoyable.

http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-21-condolences/

Brian

I haven’t done much of late, besides work, and writing. There are 4 more chapters of the latest Henry Wood.

Ch 16: http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/father-patrick/

Ch 17: http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-17/

Ch 18: http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-18-the-siena/

Ch 19: http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-19-cleared-head/

Ch 20: http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-20-first-item/

Thanks,

Brian

I am really tired. I don’t know how I forgot to let my friends on LJ know that I had put up Chapter 13, but it looks like I forgot 14 too. I have also written 15 tonight. I seem to have little time these days. But I have so much of the Henry Wood story banging around my head, I am still able to write. I hope you enjoy.

13: http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-13-the-job/
14: http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-14-faded-away/
15: http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-15-the-courtesy/ Sorry for the blunder.

Sincerely,

Brian

I took a little bit longer than usual, to write tonight’s Henry Wood chapter. Sorry for the delay.

http://bit.ly/eKOiZR

Brian

Thaks for the kind words on yesterday’s post. I hope you who are following Henry’s latest adventure, will enjoy today’s too.

http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-11-patience-and-fortitude/

Brian

I really miss spending hours upon hours in my shop, but alas, I am super busy these days. I do find a little bit of time to continue building the latest Henry Wood story. As many of you have pointed out, there are lots and lots of spelling errors. I always appreciate the help. I would also like to apologize for each chapter’s lack of polish. I have little time, and find myself rushed to get the post up by 10:00. Tonight I failed in that regard, by almost 40 minutes. I apologize for this too.

http://extremelyaverage.com/2010/12/henry-wood-time-and-again-ch-10-first-impressions/

Brian