Category: Create A Plot Clinic

  • Unofficial Weekend Beta User Comments

    If you were an unofficial user of the beta of Plot Clinic over the weekend, please let me know how it worked for you. Did you get a plot? What worked best? Do you have any questions that weren’t answered?

  • Sick day

    The weekend didn’t turn out the way I’d hoped. Oh, I got plenty of sleep, but I did it with a fever, headache, coughing, sneezing, runny eyes and nose, muscle aches… you name it. Still sick today. The kidlet had it last week, I ran down my resistance by working too hard. Anyway, I’m taking…

  • My plans for the weekend

    I’m worn out. In the last couple of weeks I’ve written Plot Clinic, had a new grandbaby, watched the NY Rangers climb out of mediocrity to clinch a spot in the playoffs and then sweep Atlanta in the first round, and dealt with some less-happy stresses. So this weekend I’m going to sleep. I haven’t…

  • Done. Winners Are…

    Jass and SLunsford. Chosen from a random drawing of qualified applicants. Both are currently being notified by e-mail, and e-books sent via separate e-mail. File is big. Okay–book is now available in the shop. Use the link and password. I put the price at 9.95 rather than some exorbitant amount, because I could just imagine…

  • 8 AM EDT: Have only just started writing

    Had to do the pay-the-bills thing. If all goes well, will be around three hours when beta-testers are annouced, and a bit after that when the beta-book becomes available.

  • So, feeling like the Grinch at Christmas…

    I think it was the rows of “please, please, please…,” but it might have been those weirdly subliminal “PICK ME PICK ME PICK ME’s” added to the knowledge that I cannot pick everyone. I was feeling cruel. But anyway, Pink Ink offered an almost-cool suggestion in her (I hope I have the gender right here–if…

  • Plot Clinic: 3352 more words

    And Plotting While Writing is done, along with some revisions to Plotting Before Writing and How to Use This Book. I’ll finish right on time tomorrow. Am going over all the beta tester entries, and will continue checking them until I finish the first draft of this tomorrow. So you can keep entering until I…

  • Plot Clinic: Over 4000 words yesterday

    Wrote over 4000 words yesterday, completely redid the two Asleep tools in the book, and started and finished the entire Plotting Before Writing section. Today is Plotting While Writing, and tomorrow will be Plotting While Revising. It’s almost done. I’m so excited.

  • Plot Clinic: The tools are done

    All that remains are three longish essays—about three days worth of work. (Yeah, about another 9000 words, but that’s okay. I figured I’d end up running a bit long.) So now’s the time to ask a favor of you. I already have one beta tester lined up. I have room for two more. Beta testers…

  • Today on the agenda

    The chapter Cards, Books, Newspapers, and Other Arcana became Cards, and isn’t finished yet, and is already too long. But I ran into three problems I didn’t forsee: 1) locating good card decks unrelated to tarot for writers whose religious beliefs would not permit them to own tarot cards; 2) recommending a few useful tarot…