Or rather, frantic thinking. My story is boring me. I got past the velociraptors, I’m not yet to the unicorn, and I’m bored. Corey, Corindor, my elven prince, my Awesome and Gorgeous Hero, is freaking boring. He’s too perfect. Somehow I never saw that before, in all the wondering over Teh Awesome that would be/could […]
This NaNo is being a pain and I am way behind. So have a bit, and I’ll come talk more after I win this blasted challenge. This is first draft, and also a scene that won’t be in the book. It’s basically me poking about, trying to figure things out so I can write the
Last time I covered some terms, but after a few I realized that when you’re using new words to define other new words, you’re asking for trouble. So I’ll go through the process instead, explaining as I go. Standard disclaimer: It’s all different for all of us. I’ll try to keep it general, but when
Publishing Basics, Part II Read More ยป
Holly Lisle calls them “candybar scenes.” The juicy awesome scenes, the ones you can’t wait to write, that draw you on through the slog of the story. I don’t know about that, quite. I do enjoy writing and don’t generally need to be dragged on. Candybar scenes, for me, are the ones that keep me
I’m getting ready to launch the new site (heads up, kdsarge.com will go there, not here, soon, though that page has a prominent link to the blog) and trying to make things look good together. Hence the new header and background. The disappearing sidebar shrank and migrated–if you want to follow me on Twitter, you’ll
Poking the Design Read More ยป
It started, as these things do, on Twitter. A friend called a site I am working with to publish Knight Errant a vanity press. I haughtily explained that there is a difference between a vanity press and a legitimate DIY-publishing service. He didn’t know that. And he didn’t know a lot of things that he
Publishing Basics for the Lost (or Lazy) Writer, Part I Read More ยป
I’ll admit it. I’m off to a slow start. I’ve been futzing with a lot of stuff that isn’t quite writing for a while now, and it takes time to get back in the zone. Especially when you go and change projects midstream. >_> A word to the wise: Zokutou clause? Really hard to pull