It’s First Wednesday, so it’s time for a new Insecure Writer’s Support Group post! This month’s question: In this constantly evolving industry, what kind of offering/service do you think the IWSG should consider offering to members? Of course, more services means more work for the good folks who run our site! However, if we’re considering…
How are you enjoying this serialization experiment? I’m going to wrap up Chapter 1 and see what the survey says (as it were)… [[Want me to show you some short cuts then?]] That, as I’ve planned, gets his attention and forestalls a possible argument. ADAM isn’t unreasonable. He’s just a child, like any other flesh…
Here’s the next part of our serialized Chapter 1. How’s it working for you? I step through the doorway into this room, finding ADAM “sitting” in an easy chair, reading an old-style paper news report. His avatar is dressed in jeans and a t-shirt advertising our band, Gaoth ón Bhfaiiaige. Tel says it means “Sea…
I hope this little behind-the-scenes serialization is entertaining for you. You’re getting to see the initial rough draft, before I go back and polish the chapter for publication. When I disconnect from my physical body, I “see” the electronic world as a grid, with lines connecting various hubs and a glow which is brighter the…
Here’s a bit more from Chapter 1 of Planetscape for you. I hope you’re enjoying the behind-the-scenes look at how an author creates a novel. After breakfast at Lori’s, Tel’s father wanted to see the Japanese gardens, so here we are. I’m sitting this one out, as my leg still hasn’t fully healed. The kidnappers’…
Here’s a glimpse at the first draft of Book 2, currently titled Planetscape. It’s a very (very) rough draft, as you will see, and I’m going to post a bit today and a bit next week and so on… It’s chilly in San Francisco on a winter’s morning. My link says it’s 13 degrees Celsius.…
I’ve found a second Tarot series, this one by Bevan Atkinson. This series is less light-hearted than Steve Hockensmith’s, though there is humor. The murders are a little more upfront and in-your-face as well, which doesn’t bother me. Our heroine is a bonafide mystic who sometimes gets visions when she reads the cards. In the…
No, I’m not talking the sort of character building that has you talking to a therapist. This is for your imaginary friends you’ve been writing about. I find it helpful to actually buy a small notebook (Moleskine makes a good one) for each of your main characters. Inside, write the answers to all these questions…
OK, these aren’t science fiction, but it’s psychological mystery so I took a chance and started reading. I started reading for several reasons, actually. 1) I like the author’s other mystery series (Holmes on the Range – I’ve reviewed those on my alter ego’s blog) and 2) I like Tarot cards myself. The premise in…
It’s First Wednesday again, so we’ll have an Insecure Writers Support Group post. This month’s question: How long have you been blogging? (Or on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram?) What do you like about it and how has it changed? I’ve been blogging since around 2004, when LiveJournal was popular. I didn’t post daily, but I was fairly regular.…