Future Story Ideas . . . At Least, That’s What It Was Supposed To Be About
Welcome to a new, (supposedly) regular feature of this blog where I go through a list of some “things for writers to blog about”. Sometimes I will, amazingly enough, actually be blogging about whatever the suggested topic is instead of snarking about it! Today is not one of those days, however. Today’s topic — as […]
Anyone interested in being a beta reader?
I want more people’s opinions on the-gods-please-let-this-be-the-final-draft of No More Lies. I know there are a million writer hangouts online where I can ask, but all of those have the expectation that I’ll also beta read the other guys’ stuff and, quite frankly, I don’t have the temperament to be a good beta reader . . […]
The Creative Process
Clean cut looking ship’s captain, looking at Jake critically: How old are you, son? Standard years, not local. Jake, fourteen Earth years old, slightly shaggy shoulder length red hair: Seven, give or take a bit. First dude, looking a bit disappointed and shaking his head: I’m sorry, but I can’t take you on. You’re . […]
Announcing a new project
In a lot of ways, it’s become increasingly evident to me over the years that my love of books didn’t follow the same trajectory as most of my fellow sf/f authors. When they recount the first books they fell in love with, almost without exception they’re sf/f novels. With authors of a certain age, it’s […]
I got bored
I’m bored; I haven’t blogged in a while; and I have a new story refusing to form into anything more than a vague concept. In the hopes of maybe getting a tiny grasp on one of the characters, I dove into my collection of character creation questionnaires. (I believe I’ve mentioned before that I collect […]
Some rambly thoughts on treating writing like any other job and the American work ethic
WARNING: I get political in this one. I’m not willing to argue politics, so if you’re of the opinion that the American work ethic is obviously the best thing in the universe, just stop reading here and save us both a headache, please? Also, I’m not willing to debate the existence of talent, or the […]
Long term writing updates
I was looking through some old blogposts, on a different site so don’t go looking for them here, that were writing related updates. I thought it could be amusing/interesting to revisit these old updates and see what became of these stories. And then I decided to do the same to one from here from last […]
The Hardest Part of Writing A Novel . . .
. . . is coming up with fucking titles! Synopsis of story (as planned, details will, of course, change): Quinn is a middle-aged ladies’ man. Renata is one of his closest friends and occasional bedmate. He’s fallen in love with her. Not lust, not infatuation, love. He doesn’t want to admit this. He feels he’s too […]
Yay!
I just solved a plot problem in No More Lies that’s been bothering me since late 2013 when I wrote the first draft of the section I’m currently revising! I’ve known since pretty much when I wrote it that the section would need drastic cuts . . . one of those times when an idea works much better […]