Category: my life
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CampNaNoWriMo Update #1
Reached one of my goals for Camp NaNoWriMo: completed a draft of my novella; spending the rest of the month working on my novel, or one of them at least. I’m going to do voice journals for my characters and write a few summaries of unfinished scenes. All this goes toward my word count. I’m…
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Appealing To Our Nostalgia
Back in college, I saw Star Trek: The Voyage Home with my friend John. It was 1986, and I still had a full head of thick, wavy black hair. John was still alive. This edition of the Star Trek movie franchise told the story of how Kirk, Spock and the rest of the gang time-travelled…
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First Weekend of Camp NaNoWriMo
Enjoyed my first full weekend of Camp NaNoWriMo for April 2022. I completed a scene from my novella called Traption. As I mentioned in a recent blog posting, I’m using a writing process I’m calling the “scratchpad” method. I use a single text document–mine happens to be in Google Docs– and will just add on…
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My New DUNE Movie Poster
I can’t help it. It’s one of my favorite novels. And a great movie. And I’m a nerd.
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Friday’s Findings: The Scratchpad Method
Today is the first day of Camp NaNoWriMo–it’s my first Camp NaNoWriMo!– and I’m using something called “The Scratchpad Method.” You see, I have a writing situation. Is it a good or bad situation? It’s good in the sense I have an abundance of WIPs to work on. It’s bad in the sense I don’t…
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Still Deciding What To Do for Camp NaNoWriMo
Camp NaNoWriMo starts April 1st and I’m not sure what to do. It’s not a lack of ideas; it’s too many WIPs to choose from. I have a draft for my novella Traption and I was going to edit it. Then I decided to work on a rough draft for my novella Normous. But now…
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YouTube AuthorTubes I Watch
I get a lot of inspiration from watching videos by fiction writers on YouTube. I learn a lot, too. Here are a few who are currently active: Abbie Emmons Cam Wolfe is Writing Ellen Brock Fictionary Hello Future Me Jenna Moreci Kieren Westwood Rachel Stephen Reedsy Shaelin Writes Writer Sanctuary Photo by Anni Roenkae
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Friday’s Findings: Fictionary
I bit the bullet and purchased a subscription to Fictionary. Being a word-processing program and outliner for authors, it falls into the same category as Scrivener, but they have some differences. Here’s how I feel about Fictionary: Character tracking: Fictionary has a great feature for keeping track of characters in each scene. Character tracking is…
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What I Read in 2021
I’m proud of how many books I read this year: 42. Not many by some people’s standards and way more than a lot of people. I read a lot of novellas this year, so that helped me reach my goal of reading at least 40 books. What shouldI have read more of this year? Poetry,…
