The life most real to me. As evidenced by the preponderance of posts.
Hi! Just a quick note to show off what I’ve been up to lately. I/We have completely revamped the Turtleduck Press website!* Updated the software (boy was it in need of it!) updated the template, and brought out a new book besides! If you like paranormal, sf, contemporary fantasy, stuff like Buffy–well, if you like […]
A New Look and a New Book Read More »
But I promised, and so…here’s a snippet from To Embrace the Beast. 😀 *** “I can find my own way, my lord,” Remy said. “You Taguns set great stock on keeping promises made to ladies,” Sammael said, moving down the corridor. Remy realized he’d followed a page to the dinner and paid little attention to
Warning! Extremely First Draft Read More »
I hear it happens to everyone. You get neck-deep in a story, you start getting desperate–and the muses start tempting you with something else. “Hey, so sorry that tournament scene is giving you fits. How about a nice contemporary mystery instead? Or this really cool scene in this other universe you haven’t even started building
The Plots Are Always Greener Read More »
In one of the Chronicles of Amber books towards the end of the first series, Corwin fears the Pattern, the source of all order in the multiverse, has been destroyed. A Storm of Chaos is coming at him, and he decides the only thing to do is to create a new Pattern.† Because they don’t
All the Forces of Chaos Read More »
You’ve heard the advice. Set goals. Write them down. Post them somewhere. Sometimes the advisor will expand it with “make tangible goals” or “set goals, and then establish smaller steps to reach them.” And often there’s “set goals you can control.” You can’t make yourself write a bestseller. You can make yourself write book after
Goal-Setting Means SETTING A GOAL Read More »
Writing used to be almost completely instinctual for me. If you ever read the first draft of my first completed novel, you would see that pretty plainly. It’s pure kitchen-sink plotting: Every time the story slowed down, I threw in another attack or explosion, and made sense of them later. Years later when I wrote
Why I Needed Fast Draft Like A Glass of Water on a Ship in the Pacific Read More »
Adventure Week continues, but I’ve been too tired to blog. Also I’ve been trying to catch up on Camp NaNo. At this point (the morning of The End) I need about fifteen thousand words. If I were a reasonable person, I’d give up. I may yet. But. It’s 0748, and I have 35,401 words on
Absence Makes the Hit Count Drop Read More »