June 5, 2016 Under Construction It is a commonplace observation that writing and construction are analogous. I’ve made the comparison myself a time or two. Yesterday I had reason to consider it again. I’m having a house built. It’s in a nice subdivision of a far Portland suburb, right across the street from a park.… Continue reading Under Construction. Resurrected Post.
Category: Writing
Under Strange Suns News and Notes. Resurrected Post.
May 1, 2016 Under Strange Suns News and Notes I have a couple of notes to share with you regarding my last book. First, I believe I’ve mentioned before that Under Strange Suns is up for an INDIEFAB award. I recently received information that the award process is adding a Readers’ Choice category. I don’t… Continue reading Under Strange Suns News and Notes. Resurrected Post.
Keep the Story Moving. How Hard Could it be? Resurrected Post.
March 6, 2016 Keep the Story Moving. How Hard Could it Be? Elmore Leonard’s “10 Rules for Good Writing” offers the sage tip “Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.” Wisdom indeed. The problem is that readers are people, and people remain stubbornly unwilling to agree on anything. Including which parts… Continue reading Keep the Story Moving. How Hard Could it be? Resurrected Post.
Slim Volumes. Resurrected Post.
May 17, 2015 Slim Volumes I’ve been ill. Still am, to be honest. Head throbbing, muscles and joints aching. Tired. No surprise then that it is hard to concentrate. But today is Sunday, so a web log post must be completed, illness be damned. I’ve been re-reading Simon Hawke’s “TimeWars” novels. Fun, fast-paced stuff, the… Continue reading Slim Volumes. Resurrected Post.
World Building — One Day at a Time. Resurrected Post.
April 26, 2015 World Building – One Day at a Time I’m going to continue musing on world-building. A central factor of a person’s or a society’s existence is timekeeping: calendars, the breakdown of the year into seasons, months, weeks, etc. Tolkien dealt with this by using the conceit that he was publishing a translation… Continue reading World Building — One Day at a Time. Resurrected Post.