Just in case anyone has this site on a feed somewhere, I’m going for it once again. Full plotter-mode this time. Every novel I tackle gets a bit more planned out. This one is no exception. What have I been up to these 2 years you may ask? Early in 2015 I took some advice …
I feel obligated to sum up the year. I mean, everybody else is doing it, right? That’s what you do at the end of the year. So let me try my hand at this… Let’s see. My new year’s resolution for 2015 was to get more aggressive with my writing aspirations. Not just to write …
I recently saw a literary agent on Twitter ranting about the types of books that are a turnoff for them, and it struck me, exactly because my most recent book fit right into one of those categories. Now, I’ll freely admit the book I’m writing is a story that’s been told countless times, and I could …
Like many other authors out there I’m taking part in NaNoWriMo again this year. In other words, don’t expect much from me this month. When I’m not in a caffeine induced craze of keyboard abuse I’m either sleeping (less than usual), working (less than usual), and/or (usually and) thinking about my novel. This year I …
I have a tendency to write parables. It’s likely the influence of all the old-time Golden Age sci-fi I read, but when I start a new story it seems that I’m thinking in terms of idea and consequences. “Wouldn’t that thing be cool to have? What would be the consequences of that technology?” Simple tales about …