When things get like this. I don’t want to even come near my blog. What things, you ask? Well, big things, like taking assault weapons out of the Democrat’s gun safety bill. This makes me despair for our country. Everyone is being held hostage to a single lobbying group’s crazed paranoia. The leadership of the NRA is certifiably insane and should not be allowed to have guns, except that in this country, of course crazy Read more…
I’m at about 75,000 words of Bandit Girls, the first installment in my Tales of Port Saint Frey. The world is coming together in a cohesive way in this project that I can only attribute to experience. I’m getting better at this gig with every book. 75,000 words means I’m at the end game for a roughly 100,000-word novel, which is where I’m hoping to end up. The manuscript is littered with ALL CAPS notes Read more…
Busy weekend. The worldbuilding course went well, and if you attended I would love to get feedback on how it worked for you. We covered my main points: Every author, even mainstream authors, must do worldbuilding. Avoid the infodump and pages of backstory. Watch out for the dreaded phrase, “As you know,…” as that often signals a clumsy halt to the story while you explain the essential elements. Find your telling detail, the one that Read more…