Category Archives: Writing

When I hit 80,000 words on my latest novel I was pretty sure I’d be hard-pressed to push it across the 100K line so I lowered my goal on the little writing meter to the right over there. Well, yesterday … Continue reading →

The more I think about it the more I’ve realized my novels seem to spring from music. The novel I’m working on now was inspired by a piece by Thomas Bergersen. The novel before that was inspired by an album … Continue reading →

I have a couple of places where I keep ideas, concepts and snippets for stories I’ve yet to write. Much of “The Well”, as I call it, are little more than images, a few lines to capture the idea before … Continue reading →

I have come to the conclusion that persistence looks a lot like denial. Reading is both the friend and enemy of my writing. I finish a book by Brandon Mull or Brandon Sanderson and see how they tie everything together … Continue reading →

When I made my April Fool’s joke last week I thought I was making a joke. I thought it would be funny to claim I was turning to writing teen paranormal romance. And I figured it would be more convincing … Continue reading →

I recently reached the 60,000 words mark on my novel. There’s something magical about the number 60,000. Besides being half of my goal of 120,000 words for a novel, it represents a mental/emotional milestone. It’s almost like tangible proof that … Continue reading →

I think I made a major step forward in my development as a writer this weekend. I’m starting to ask how I can be more mean to my characters. I just had to disguise it as, “how can I up … Continue reading →

I’ve been a sci-fi/fantasy consumer from way back (ie. the 1970’s, which is not that far back in my perspective). My teenage years were filled with Star Trek tie-in novels, Orson Scott Card series, and pretty much anything else I … Continue reading →

Hat tip to my brother Dan for calling this to my attention. He came at it from a business point of view, no doubt, as he’s been working heavily with India and Indian developers for years. I came at this … Continue reading →

I sometimes listen to the Writing Excuses podcasts on writing, as I’ve mentioned a few times before. Lately they’ve been discussing where writers get their ideas and how they develop them. I was listening to their latest podcast when all … Continue reading →