The beast roared again. It knew Relo was there. It had known the moment he’d walked into the cave, its heightened sense of taste and smell had alerted the beast to this trespass. But Relo had anticipated this. In thirty-four years as a Tapped Acolyte he’d hunted every species Nellis had to offer. He knew… Continue reading Attack of the Secondary Character – Round Robin Discussion
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Book Review – Incantation by Annamaria Bazzi
The beginning of this book was a little rough. I had a hard time understanding what was going on, which might have been done on purpose since the character didn't know what was going on either. As a reader this was a trifle frustrating since I prefer to know just a little bit more than… Continue reading Book Review – Incantation by Annamaria Bazzi
Life Sans Two Fingers
As pointed out in my previous post, I made a stupid mistake with an avocado and managed to cut the nerves in two of my fingers. Given my chosen profession, this has been problematic. While I can hand-write everything still fine (because I'm right-handed and all that), I cannot type with the speed and duration… Continue reading Life Sans Two Fingers
Writing the Unpopular
Persona is almost finished. In fact, I've got approximately two chapters left to write. This is three chapters more than I had outlined, but something happened near the end that surprised me and, now that I look at it, really makes sense for the story. It's always fun when things work out this way. It means my… Continue reading Writing the Unpopular
Endings and Hate Therapy
Carver Edlund said it best in Supernatural; "Endings are impossible." You have to tie everything up, bring all of the characters into a place of resolution and no matter what you do it will always feel like you missed something. In fact, on the next few edits it's very likely that you'll find one or… Continue reading Endings and Hate Therapy
Round Robin – How I Unwind
This month we're talking about what we do to unwind in our Round Robin! Which is really a fun question to answer because I do all sorts of things to refresh my creative mind. At the risk of sounding like a nerd ... Well, I am a nerd, so I guess there's no hiding it… Continue reading Round Robin – How I Unwind
Fact vs. Fiction – Chapter Four (Persona)
All right! Just a quick heads up for anyone who doesn't know what this is about ... My WWII story Persona is being serialized and posted online for free via Wattpad and its story blog. Because this is historical fiction I've had to do quite a bit of research to help me wade through it.… Continue reading Fact vs. Fiction – Chapter Four (Persona)
What I Love to Read – Round Robin Blog Post
I have boxes of books everywhere in my apartment. Some are hidden in my closet, some in the storage unit outside, and there's even one under my bed. I normally rotate the books on my shelves twice a year just to keep my library choices "fresh". So it goes without saying that I love to… Continue reading What I Love to Read – Round Robin Blog Post
Fact vs. Fiction — Chapter Three (Persona)
For those following along with the serialization of Persona, here is the Fact vs. Fiction page for Chapter Three. So far this whole experience has been incredibly fun! If you're just hearing about it, Persona is my WWII novel that is currently being serialized online for free. You can find it at its Wattpad address… Continue reading Fact vs. Fiction — Chapter Three (Persona)
Story Bibles (aka – Consistency, People!)
A friend of mine uses a Wiki to keep all her files straight while she's writing a book. I've seen software designed to help maintain little "sticky-notes" to help authors as they're in the middle of creating their fiction. Both would fall under what I define as a "story bible". Basically, that's the spot the… Continue reading Story Bibles (aka – Consistency, People!)
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