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’…
DetailsHere’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.…
DetailsI’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…
DetailsNo, 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…
DetailsOK, 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…
DetailsIt’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.…
DetailsI’ve been told, by several people, that I would like the Netflix show The Three Body Problem. Well, you know me: why watch a show when I can read the original book? Oddly enough, when I went to Amazon, the Kindle version was actually more expensive than the paperback, so I’ve just gotten the hard…
DetailsI’ve been playing around with Canva for the writing group I mentioned in the last post. I like to think I’m getting fairly good at it. Of course, a real graphic designer would probably laugh…
I recently inherited the local Sisters in Crime chapter. First, I was just a Board Member at Large, then the entire board walked off without notice, leaving four of us holding the bag. I volunteered to be Secretary at that point, figuring that was a job for a writer if anything was. It’s a lot…
DetailsIt’s First Wednesday, so it’s time for another Insecure Writer’s Support Group post! March 6th question: Have you “played” with AI to write those nasty synopses, or do you refuse to go that route? How do you feel about AI’s impact on creative writing? I have not experimented with AI writing at all yet. To…
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