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About my next novel …
I’ve mentioned a little bit about my next novel in this blog. Here’s a little bit more … What genre is your novel: Science fiction, but more specifically, space opera. Give me your elevator speech: A group of space faring zoologists decide to risk their careers to save a kidnapped colleague and when they realize…
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How I got to my rough draft
Now I’m getting to the fun part! Sorry I haven’t published in a while. I have a good excuse: I finished the draft of the novel I started for 2018’s National Novel Writing Month. I’m calling it The Sentient and it falls under the genre of science fiction, more specifically, space opera. One thing I’ve…
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Friday’s Findings: 11.09.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: How to Balance Show Don’t Tell in Your Writing 5 Tips for Writing About Fictional Technology 5 Reasons Not to Do NaNoWriMo Goals, Conflicts, & Stakes: Why Plots Need All Three Are You Misusing These Common Words?
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Four Day Streaker
Don’t worry, I’m keeping my clothes on. Just finished four days straight of NaNoWriMo. Last night I was at 8,664 words which made me about a day ahead. How am I feeling about my story? I’m having the best time I’ve ever had with NaNo. And I’ve had some great years. I feel confident I’m…
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Mucking around in the rough draft of your NaNoWriMo creation
For NaNoWriMo, here are some things I’m leaving in as I write: Before November, I’ve already written a one or two sentence summary of each scene. For NaNoWriMo, I write a “scribble version” of the scene. This is a more developed summary containing key phrases, important dialogue, cues when to describe this or that, etc.…
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Friday’s Findings: 11.02.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: How to Write a Horror Story: 7 Tips for Writing Horror How to Craft Your Characters’ Fears 5 Tips on Writing a Trauma Backstory Should You Include a Prologue in Your Story? 9 Genius Methods for Writing a Great Scene
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Character Creations: Laying the Foundation
I am having a blast creating characters for my NaNoWriMo project this year. I used some tools I haven’t applied in the past and I wanted to tell you about them. But first, a caveat: this is just for the beginning of character development. I believe in just laying a foundation for a character before…
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Friday’s Findings: 10.26.18
Here are some articles on writing I’ve read lately: Bucket List for Writers Outline Your Novel the Incredibly Easy Way How to Prepare for Writing a Book: 4 Steps Writing Fiction: Stop “Writing”, Create Experiences Writing Is Selection
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A Little Preview of My NaNoWriMo Project
Here’s my story preview for National Novel Writing Month. I’ve given my novel the working title of Another Species. It’s a stand-alone story set inside my Consortium universe. Here’s the synopsis: Species rescuer Jad Cesson is determined to find and save his kidnapped pet, a questica named Sebastian. But when he discovers The Consortium is fazing…
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