Category: my novel’s progress

  • Review of Omniorb

    Review of Omniorb

    Here’s what’s happening with my books: Sandy, from her blog, Feed My Biblio-Diction, gave Omniorb a good review. See the review here. Sandy also placed her review on Amazon and Goodreads. Advocate: Consortium, Episode 2, is released tomorrow. LibraryThing is listing my books for free giveaways. Omniorb is available to read for free on Kindle…

  • Jump Start

    Jump Start

    Nothing like a deadline to jump start my motivation. View my Consortium SF Series at Amazon.

  • Consortium: The Books

    Consortium: The Books

    The Consortium. A supposed “utopia” where thousands of planets benefit from financial and cultural unity. Where neurological experiences and emotions are converted to energy via mysterious orbs. Where travel from one end of the galaxy to the other in mere hours is possible thanks to the dimension called The WhereHow. Where a mysterious being named…

  • Serendipity and the writing process

    Serendipity and the writing process

    I am astounded when, during the early stages of outlining and drafting a novel, two unrelated parts of my story suddenly fit together and make it stronger, more logical. It’s almost like, “Why didn’t I see that before?” View my Consortium SF Series at Amazon. My science fiction book OMNIORB is available through Amazon and…

  • Tri-athlete reader

    Tri-athlete reader

    Reading a print book exercises a different part of the brain than reading an ebook. I jokingly like to think of myself as a “tri-athlete reader” because I exercise different parts of my brain by reading print books, ebooks and audiobooks. View my Consortium SF Series at Amazon. My science fiction book OMNIORB is available…

  • Another way to edit

    Another way to edit

    Before I read through a draft of a manuscript, I turn the words red in Word and turn them black as I comb through each paragraph, making initial changes along the way. Rinse and repeat as necessary. Benefits of this method: Helps the writer keep track of where he left off Helps the writer see…

  • Omniorb Now Available

    Omniorb Now Available

    Omniorb: Consortium, Episode 1 Now available at: Amazon: Kindle Print Barnes & Noble: Print “When being tortured, minutes seem like an eternity.” The Consortium. A supposed “utopia” where thousands of planets benefit from financial and cultural unity. Where neurological experiences and emotions are converted to energy via mysterious orbs. Where travel from one end of…

  • Harmon’s Plot Embryo: A Writer’s Tool for both Outlining and Evaluating

    Harmon’s Plot Embryo: A Writer’s Tool for both Outlining and Evaluating

    I admit it: I just started watching Community. Yes, I know. Better late than never. I kept hearing how great the show was, but never got around to following it. Well, now, thanks to Hulu, I can binge watch while I’m cleaning house or laundry or whatever. Lately, though, I’ve been hearing about this “Plot…

  • Reading Roundup for 2016

    Here are most of the books I’ve read during 2016: Classics Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert…