I’d love to say that writing is moving along faster with the requirement to shelter in place. Truth be told, the state of the world is more than a little distracting. Are you finding that to be so, gentle readers? When I’m balancing my time, I regularly get 750 to a thousand words at a … Continue reading
Life after death – true love
What is there to say when you have experienced ‘happily ever after’? When the song is done, the stage is cleared, and the players move to other roles? Raven Bond died peacefully on November 21st; we were married for 27 years, and together in spirit before that and forever after. We were married three times, … Continue reading
Writing for picture books
Writing for picture books is so different to writing other kinds of fiction. The stories need to be both shorter (750 to 1000 words) and more direct. The sentences are short. Each scene needs to stand alone, but also requires a hook to get the page to turn. Usually that’s some kind of question. Dialog … Continue reading
Writing journey side trip
As we write, sometimes the journey sometimes takes a bit of a side trip; that happened to me about three months ago. I was writing the ‘how to kindle’ book and got side tracked by a creative adventure. It started when I was writing the chapter on formatting for kindle. I wanted to show the difference … Continue reading
Write faster by identifying writing patterns
A chum of mine at work asked how I manage to get so much written. I write specs, emails, documentation and how-to guides at work; I write novels, short stories, game outlines, nonfiction at home. Each of these pursuits has a different focus, however, there are some things in common. Everything has a particular audience … Continue reading
An accidental novelist, or was I?
Writing novels is one of the best things in my life. It’s a wonder that it happened almost by accident. Continue reading
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