Andrew M. Friday

Tag: K.M. Weiland

  • Support Self-Published Writers and Small Publishing Houses

    As I plan my reading list for 2016, I want to include several self-published writers and small, independent publishing companies. So far I plan to read the following: Storming: A Dieselpunk Adventure by K.M. Weiland Read her novel Dreamlander last year and loved it. She also has great books for fiction writers and a blog…

  • The Final Quarter

    I am down to the last 25% of the current draft of my novel which I’m now calling Ziggurat Reach. Whether that is a working title or a final title, I don’t know. I know what is happening in the last part of my novel. I am building up to the story’s climax and all…

  • Books on writing I read in 2015

    Every year I try and read a couple of books on the writing craft. I know that’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but,  honestly, I love reading stuff on how to write fiction. Here is what I read in 2015: Planning a Novel, Script or Memoir by Hank Quense Quense offers practical tips on how…

  • Science Fiction and Fantasy I read this year and why I did or did not like them

    Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Genre: Science Fiction; Space Opera A starship, thousands of years old, has been dismantled and its memories downloaded into one of its mechanic beings that seeks revenge. First of all, the narrator of this story is the starship who cannot distinguish gender, so every character is male, although some of…

  • Whoa, an epiphany in writing dialogue

    In one of my favorite books on graphic design, The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Robin Williams presents the concept of being able to name something so that you can own it. A person may recognize good design in a poster or a brochure, but not be able to know why it’s good design. In her book,…