I’m going to note that the urban fantasy series I’m writing operates around the importance of trade. That it’s an old system, and that it operates across multiple dimensions. And that my protagonist is a cop, and the guy she’s working with is… difficult to get a handle on. With that set-up, this is so… Continue reading The Ohio Series: Novel 1 – Friday snippet (a day early) that might not make the final version
Category: Worlds and Worldbuilding
The Ohio Series: 693 words, and What’s In The Basement?
While I did not get a lot of words today — we have a bit of nice chaos going on here at the moment — the ones I got were good. First, cookies rear their dangerous heads in my fiction again, this time cookies that apparently have just a hint of magic to them. Second,… Continue reading The Ohio Series: 693 words, and What’s In The Basement?
The Ohio Series: Taking the measure of a novel
Yesterday was Marketing Day, and I got the first half of the 4th edition of Create a Plot Clinic finished. Next week if all goes well I’ll finish and do a new cover, and take that class live and wide. Today, I worked for several hours, and got 1010 words of the 2000 I’d planned.… Continue reading The Ohio Series: Taking the measure of a novel
Marketing Tuesday #1 – Reading Emails, Building a “Loves, Hates, and Recommends” chart
So because last Tuesday was TAX DAY, in which I had to finish up everything to get to my accountant, today is my first ever Marketing Tuesday. In which I am building a chart to help me understand who my readers are, what they’re looking for from me, what other work they like and what… Continue reading Marketing Tuesday #1 – Reading Emails, Building a “Loves, Hates, and Recommends” chart
The Emerald Sun: Lost some time to the world
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
Rediscovered Worldbuilding Workshop: Holidays in Hell and Other Delights
I was doing a BIG search on my hard drive for something I’d previously written about Tangerine, who was a minor character in Hunting the Corrigan’s Blood who became a major character in the current novel, The Wishbone Conspiracy (for which as I blog this, I have not yet gotten my full complement of words for the… Continue reading Rediscovered Worldbuilding Workshop: Holidays in Hell and Other Delights
No Man’s Sky: They Nailed It!
In spite of everything (and there’s a lot of “everything” going on right now), I took the entire day off yesterday to play a video game. Not just any video game, though. The one for which I went out and bought a Playstation several years ago, and the one for which I dug out my… Continue reading No Man’s Sky: They Nailed It!
Do you own and play Minecraft? Want my spaceship models?
Yes, I’m a geek. Using Minecraft, I built life-sized walkthrough models of the spaceships I write about in Hunting the Corrigan’s Blood and Warpaint from the schematics I drew. I did it to keep myself from making stupid location mistakes in the stories. (And let’s be real…it was fun. And when I was a kid,… Continue reading Do you own and play Minecraft? Want my spaceship models?
What Would You Recommend About Joining the Writers’ Boot Camp Community?
Since my last birthday, when I decided I was going back to writing full time, Margaret and I have been working on a way for folks who haven’t taken How to Think Sideways, How to Revise Your Novel, or How to Write A Series to join my private writers’ community. Professional Plot Outline is coming… Continue reading What Would You Recommend About Joining the Writers’ Boot Camp Community?
