Nov 15
The flickering light of the flames, the pulsing red of the coals, the sheer sensuous pleasure of the radiant heat.
There’s no doubt in my mind that the first major change to their environment early Hominids made was the taming of fire. And then they evolved to better take advantage of that warmth in the cold, the delicious food that happened when things were exposed to fire. The safety from predators in the night, a relatively safe way to drive animals over a cliff. Read more
Oct 18
So, how many of you have finished a book or short story, and gotten cold feet?
This is a primer just for you. It’s based on MS Word, and publishing an ebook on Amazon.com’s KDP system. If you’re on a different system, you’ll need to hunt for the equivalent commands. Read more
Are you ready?
Yes, it’s almost NaNoWriMo time!
National Novel Writing Month is an old favorite of mine. Of eight years, I only crashed and burned once, and six of the books I wrote have been published.
https://nanowrimo.org/what-is-nanowrimo
Now, that doesn’t mean my reaching the goal of 50,000 words written in November means I’m ready to publish! There’s always editing! Last year’s effort wound up getting interwoven into something else—and published. After a lot of polishing.
But how would you like to have a 50K rough draft on December One?
I use NaNo as a yearly tune-up, thirty days of writing and never stopping to edit or polish. Thirty days of pushing to write regularly.
If you’ve never tried it, do. It might work for you, too.
Oct 3
Xen Wolfson is a powerful dimensional wizard. With no idea how he wound up in a wilderness, bereft of magic, with what looks a lot like a lightning strike burn.
If he doesn’t get killed and eaten by the wolf, and learns to make weapons, and hunt without magic, he can survive until someone finds him.
Hopefully a friend . . .
A cross-dimensional war is brewing, and Xen’s kidnapping was the first shot fired. As the unknown enemy continues to grab the strongest of the dimensional cops, Xen’s friends try to find him, and at the same time locate the enemy so they can stop the hostilities before it turns into open warfare.
I’ve had a few of my SF/F books veer off into the mystery genre before, but they weren’t what you’d call “well crafted.” Fortunately, I’ve read enough mysteries that my subconscious had a good grasp of framework so I didn’t make a complete hash of it.
But now I’m trying to do it on purpose, and I’m finding it heavy going. Read more
So put up a link to your books in the comments.
I’ll start with the first book in a series, and the most recent.
[This is going to be short, as I’m on vacation, escaping the Texas heat]
What do you do when you are avoiding writing by looking at all the horrible half written stories that never got finished . . . And you realize you’ve got your hands on exactly what your series needs.
“Yes!” The Muse clutches it in delight. “It’s perfect! Get writing!” Read more
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