For the writers in our midst: If you haven’t seen Randall Ingermanson’s website, his plotting method called The Snowflake, signed up to receive his free writing ezine Advanced Fiction Writing or his newer ezine on marketing for writers called Mad Genius Writer or read any of his books (which you should have!) …here’s a chance to check out his new blog full of tips for writers: Advanced Fiction Writing Blog.
If you’re writing on a Mac, hie thee over to download the trial version of Scrivener. Seriously. There’s a decent video there to show you why you need it. Here’s why *I* needed it! I often plot/ outline with physical 3×5 notecards, but I have issues with them. I like color-coding things, but committing to…
I completed chapter 28 of the Big Revision today. 27 and 28 are a little choppier; I’m trying to decide if that is okay. They certainly contain a major swell to the crest of the novel so there is a lot of action in them. I’ll need to make a decision when I skim read…
Still moving right along. Metaphorically speaking, the sun just went down, and its always darkest just before the dawn. Poor Chloe and Dean. Hubby is feeling enough better that he left a bit ago for his apartment, hoping to be able to manage two twelve hour day shifts starting tomorrow. You may recall that he’d…
Have you ever wondered how (or maybe why) an author might link stories or series together? It could happen by accident or on whim at first. But I’m now writing my fifth and sixth series (roughly alternating between them) and the cross-series appearances are increasing… possibly to the point of becoming confusing to readers! That’s…
I never thought that *Marks of Repentance* (aka: Shann) would get this kind of a kick start in its first week. Things just clicked today, and I wound up with a total of nearly 4K, bringing the total to date to a spit shy of 18K. I might as well go for the 21K pip…
I finally achieved some forward motion in *that chapter* of Quest, with just shy of 1K added today. Chapters in this book run anywhere from 7K to 10K. This chapter is currently pushing 8K, and it’s not quite ready to wrap up yet, but the motives and actions are at least aimed towards the resolution….
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I saw that snowflake method. It’s intriguing. I would love to discuss this with you seeing that you and I both have so much spare time. (that’s a joke)
You hang in there, Val. God Bless!