I got 879 words today — not the 1500 I’d planned. But Genna found herself at the end of the world, and it took me a while to figure out how to get that part of the scene right. The dragon and his many voices has rejoined the party, and the cat had a terrible… Continue reading The Emerald Sun: Lost some time to the world
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Dead Man’s Party: How’d you like your brain sanded, writer…?
This morning I rolled into work pretty sure I knew what I was going to do. And hit my novel of the day, Dead Man’s Party, with a sort of “Have not had my coffee yet, but I’ll get this anyway” focus. Read my short description of the chapter I’d scheduled to write, and realized several… Continue reading Dead Man’s Party: How’d you like your brain sanded, writer…?
The Wishbone Conspiracy: Yesterday and today
Yesterday, a couple things went wrong. First, the writing dragged because I didn’t know where the novel was going. I made it up to 21,843 words — so it wasn’t a complete wreck. But it was not that flowing, flying race against the timer that is so fun. Second, I chose to get sidetracked figuring… Continue reading The Wishbone Conspiracy: Yesterday and today
The Emerald Sun: When in doubt… CLIFF
The scene I’d had outlined to write today looked boring in the light of dawn. So I looked at the NEXT scene I was going to write, and asked myself, “What is the most interesting way I could get myself to that scene… And discovered that Genna was going to find a cliff. Not just any… Continue reading The Emerald Sun: When in doubt… CLIFF
The Emerald Sun: Banris the Flea wins a battle
Genna, the cat, Doyati, Yarri, and Dan are in the right place at the right time to see a human army winning their war against Banris… until they aren’t. I had to spend about half an hour setting up my Scrivener file for the new deadlines and writing objectives I’m now working toward — more… Continue reading The Emerald Sun: Banris the Flea wins a battle
Dead Man’s Party — and Fiction as the Day Job again…
Got 1515+ words this morning on Dead Man’s Party, in a smidge under an hour. Also built my work process for getting a LOT more fiction done, and spending the first two to three hours of every weekday on that. My daughter Becca is going to modify the process I came up with (after some… Continue reading Dead Man’s Party — and Fiction as the Day Job again…
The Wishbone Conspiracy: I discover Tangerine’s real name
Tangerine got himself in some hot water with Cady today — he’s a clever chap who did some deep digging, and found out a bit of her past he would have been better off not knowing. But during what turned into an awkward encounter between the two of them, I learned both his original real… Continue reading The Wishbone Conspiracy: I discover Tangerine’s real name
The Wishbone Conspiracy: Tangerine Returns
Today, a blast from the past who yesterday showed up for this party uninvited today became a major part of the story. Tangerine was a one-scene character in Hunting the Corrigan’s Blood. He was in that story to change Cady’s appearance when she was in trouble but did not yet know exactly how much trouble she… Continue reading The Wishbone Conspiracy: Tangerine Returns
Moon & Sun 3: Sketching with words
I started out my workday this morning looking for (and finding) a sketchbook among my many notebooks and blank project books. Followed by staring at the blank pages, with an array of drawing tools in front of me, and with my Muse going, “No, no, no, no, no…” “I need to see these things,” I… Continue reading Moon & Sun 3: Sketching with words
Becoming Piers Anthony: The Not-Impossible Dream of 3 Books A Year
A couple of things have changed in my life recently, one of which has been the writing of Dead Man’s Party, my demo novel for the writing class I’m currently building, How to Write a Novel. I’ve been dedicating one concentrated hour or so a week to the writing of the first draft (and a… Continue reading Becoming Piers Anthony: The Not-Impossible Dream of 3 Books A Year
