This is the first revision I’ve ever done that didn’t even require the fixing of a typo on the first twenty-four pages, and had only the addition of a hyphen on page twenty-five. This is the lightest revision of a first draft I have ever done. And it’s making me a little crazy that I don’t know why. I love … Continue reading →
I’m going to do a live YouTube chat on Thursday, September 6 at 1:30 PM ET, and will be sending out a reminder email for folks who want to come. I’ll be answering questions about the upcoming class during the chat, and making sure I’ve covered everything folks need to know. So you’ll know what I’m planning on covering, you … Continue reading →
So here’s the gig on Debugging a Plot In Alone in a Room with Invisible People my newer-writer daughter and I — a long-time published writer — talk about writing, revising and publishing fiction. In this episode, we’re talking about how plots go wrong while you’re writing them — and some things you can do to fix them. We discuss: … Continue reading →
I did a private Members’ Only release of my new class, How to Write Short Stories, last week so that we could test software and make sure everything was working correctly. I’m now delighted to announce that the early sale was nearly bug-free… and we have squashed the few bugs that did get through. Right now, you can still get the … Continue reading →
This took a bit of time and effort (and deleting one really annoying plugin that required an email address before you could get your PDF), and replacing the annoying plugin with a sort of pricy but really nice new one. But at the bottom of every article and post on the site now, you’ll find both a “Download as PDF” … Continue reading →
CHAPTER ONE Shay Shay closed her eyes and rubbed her temples. She’d been in her office for hours, a “Do Not Disturb” sign on her door, looking for any single tiny piece of new information that might let her believe hope still existed.That her stupidity had not destroyed Settled Space’s last best chance for freedom. Bashtyk Nokyd, the philosopher she’d … Continue reading →
It is in fact possible for the explosion of your revision to be a GOOD thing. … Continue reading →
I talked with Amanda Truscott at CreativeUnblocking.com about some of the obstacles I’ve had to overcome in my writing career, and how I overcame them. In a very short time, we covered a lot of ground. You can read the article here. … Continue reading →
Right now, the world I want to live in is being destroyed in front of my eyes by the people who think they’re saving it. Being different and trying to force people to respect how different you are by agitating for laws to require respect for your difference has become a cause célèbre. Problem is, we are ALL different. I … Continue reading →
I’ve spent the past few years doing very little fiction. First there were the problems with WordPress on my writing site that broke my writing classes and wrecked my income, and which had to be fixed. Then there were the five surgeries in twelve months that caused me enormous pain, a lot of down time for recovery, and meant I … Continue reading →
