Novel update
So, based on feedback, it’s basically not possible to withhold information from my first person main character narrator and tell the reader. I mean, I feel like it should be! but no matter how sledgehammery I think I’m being, people just don’t get...Happy Halloween!
And what could be more appropriate for Halloween than this video about Bram Stoker and the Fears that Built...KILLER APPS for writers!
1. Scrivener. We all know Scrivener is cool, right? View your text as either an individual scene, a giant block, or a corkboard or outline. Reorder scenes and chapters with ease. Export to various formats, but I really only use Word/RTF. Seriously, moving your...The Motivational Spreadsheet of Doom!
Okay, honestly? I don’t consider myself an Excel guru. That said, I’ve shared versions of this spreadsheet with other writers and they agree that it is SUPER MOTIVATING. This spreadsheet works by being both the carrot and the stick simultaneously. 😉 It...First draft of my novel complete!
I have a large swath of text with characters, plot, setting, and a beginning, middle, and end. It’s currently 52,489 words, which is (as you know, Bob,) too short. My writer’s group warned me repeatedly that it would be too short, but I’m not that...It’s not time-wasting! ;)
Creating my characters in the Sims 4? Rolling them up as Dungeons and Dragons characters? RESEARCH. 😉 (Sadly, I’m not actually PLAYING them.)Visual references for my novel in progress
I have a Pinterest where I’m putting up visual references/inspirations. <3 I admit I got the idea from my sister, who has a board for each individual character. I have an overall board with sub-boards for characters. I don’t think there are any...Anthology, baby!
I have a slew of stories that I haven’t been sending out. Seriously, one is from 2006 and I sent it various places for over a decade and got a lot of “I like this but it’s not for us” rejections. So I’m gathering up my sold stories and my...Tough decisions.
Woe is me! I’ve decided that Untitled AI is not a story about Julia and Rob, my intrepid reporter and photographer. In fact, Untitled AI is probably two projects, but Julia and Rob have nothing to do with the AI and will need to have a new project just about...Subscribe
