Category: my novel’s progress
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Friday’s Findings 05.04.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Imagine the Page as You Write Your Book Find Your Way Back to Writing A Tip for Getting Through Hard-to-Write Scenes How to Write a Great First Sentence–With 22 Inspiring Examples. What Is Fantasy, Exactly? View my Consortium SF Series at Amazon.
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Cover Preview for Episode 3
Consortium, Episode 3: WHEREHOW is still in production, but I wanted to give a preview of the cover. In this episode, more is revealed about the dimension called the WhereHow. Also, the mysterious WhereHow dwellers called the Xyce are in full force and attack everyone’s favorite space vacation cruiser The Planned Happenstance. From past episodes,…
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Epiphanies in Writing, Part 2: Editing your Novel
I don’t want to rehash what you’ve heard and discovered for yourself as a writer: “Most of writing is rewriting”; “Show don’t Tell”; “Use spell check”; “Let it cool off before you start to edit.” All good stuff. Personally, I love editing. It’s a chance to play with words, accessorize my paragraphs and paint word…
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My Reading Past, Present, and Future 04.04.18
Past: Recently read books Present: Currently reading books Future: On my to-read list. But will I? Past: Tigerman (audio) by Nick Harkaway Sargeant Lester Ferris has braved bullets, bombs and bad guys throughout his military career with the British army. But when it comes to relationships, especially with the street boy he wants to adopt…
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Scrivener Tip: Keeping Track of Characters
I have many characters in my novel, both major and minor. Here’s the method I use in Scrivener to keep track of characters in my books series. My books are science fiction, so consistency in the odd spelling of non-Earth names is important–but I was going crazy trying to spell an alien’s name the same…
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My Fiction Writing Toolkit
When I write, I motivate myself by reviewing some of my Fiction Writing Tools. For some reason they get me going. Below are articles from this blog that are sure to motivate you: Character Character Workshop Temptations to Avoid Conflict Conflict Workshop Description Describe an Object Ten Ways Dialogue Subtext Plot Hero’s Journey Three Act…
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My Reading Past, Present and Future: 03.28.18
Giveaway If you are a reader, you might like the website LibraryThing.com. It is similar to Goodreads. Through LibraryThing.com, I am running a giveaway of the first two books in my Consortium series. Click here if you are interested and scroll down until you come to my books OMNIORB and ADVOCATE. This giveaway lasts through…
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The Only Time I’ve Regretted Being a Book Lover
My house, being over twenty-years-old, needed new floors. The hardest aspect of this remodeling wasn’t replacing the carpet with wood. It wasn’t the dust. It wasn’t every room in the house in disarray. It wasn’t moving furniture around. It was boxing up all my books. And I have a ton of books–in almost every room.…
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Author Interview: JR Wirth
JR Wirth and I crossed paths a few years ago when we were associated with a small publishing company, and I ended up doing some design work for him. Wirth prolifically writes in the paranormal and supernatural genre and others as well. How did you decide to become an author? It started while I was…
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