Category: Writing Neep

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: Down to the wire on Plot One…

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: Down to the wire on Plot One…

    Today was fun. I got 2024 words, two complete scenes, and am now rolling out the end game for the part of the story that I haven’t been hiding.  I’ve hinted a couple times at the part I have been hiding — it’s cheating if you don’t. But by the end of this week, I…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: The twist that took me by surprise

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: The twist that took me by surprise

    Had a hard time getting going today, but something Becky mentioned in one of our recent podcasts (with derision and loathing) turned out to be a step that helped… Her comment? A reminder that at one time I’d written to an eternally looped version of Classical Gas played by Mason Williams. That was back in…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: Cady comes up with a terrible idea — 2101 words

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: Cady comes up with a terrible idea — 2101 words

    Today went well, and when I say that, I say it with a positively evil laugh. The little secret I’ve hinted at in the Settled Space series emails is now open knowledge to Cady and her team. Well, the fact that Cady has a problem is now open knowledge.  The person behind the problem remains…

  • And I’m back to fiction, and Wishbone… Kind of…

    And I’m back to fiction, and Wishbone… Kind of…

    Got 1883 words of the 2000 I’d planned for the day. Had, however, a brutal time getting anything done at all. Have been fasting since Sunday, (just water and coffee and a bit of salt), and today my focus was just gone. So I broke my fast with some pecans and cheese. Tomorrow will be…

  • Why I chose Ko-Fi to replace Patreon

    Why I chose Ko-Fi to replace Patreon

    Today is the last day of my How to Write a Novel launch, so I’m pulling this post from an email that just went out. I apologize for duplicating, but this needs to go to all my folks, and this is…. Efficient. Today, I need that. Quick catch-up if you missed it. I left Patreon.…

  • Why I shut down my Patreon fundraiser

    Why I shut down my Patreon fundraiser

    I’d intended to send a Questions & Answers email to my How to Write a Novel launch list, but that’s going to have to wait.Instead, I did THIS. Closed my “Move out of Florida while writing fiction” fundraiser. Here’s why — it’s this clause in the Patreon Legal Agreement https://www.patreon.com/legal By posting content to Patreon you grant us a…

  • Insider stuff from my How to Write a Novel students

    Insider stuff from my How to Write a Novel students

    Monday I asked my existing students the following question: What is the best thing about my How to Write a Novel class? I explained that I would be using their words along with their names or forum IDs to tell people not yet in class what mattered most about it to them. I asked only…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: A Fine Friday

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: A Fine Friday

    Spiffy, spiffy day today, though kind of horrifying, too. I followed Cady’s situation to its logical conclusion, and she’s literally up to her neck in one of those moments I would have previously identifyed as “bad,” but which some of my readers have told me counts as horror. Well, folks who have read and liked Hunting…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: I love it when a plan comes together

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: I love it when a plan comes together

    Because I have the last Early-Bird Launch for How to Write a Novel going live on Monday, April 1st, and because I had to do a bunch of work on that first thing in the morning so I could send out emails, I got a late start on fiction today. But the whole bullet-journal, check-things-off,…

  • The Wishbone Conspiracy: 2204 words… AND a scene snippet

    The Wishbone Conspiracy: 2204 words… AND a scene snippet

    Today I’m just posting a snippet because it surprised me. I have this big, scary, rich guy in the story who’s powerful and dangerous… and here’s where Cady meets him: [DISCLAIMER: This is copyrighted first draft. It may contain bugs, which WILL change in revision, and for which I do not need any notice of typos…