This is going to have to be quick impressions, since I read these books around school months ago, and I’m sure I don’t remember anything fully. I’ll start with what I’m enthusiastic about and then progress toward the merely interesting.…
Once again, I learn that it’s really best for everyone (or at least the quality all spheres of my life) if I take off the day after DragonCon, which I again did not. What I did do was a lot…
…to write up little experiences from each trip I go on, both to mark my journeys and to improve my descriptions of settings…
Ya Boy Kongming transports a celebrated third-century Chinese tactician from his deathbed to modern-day Japan, where he meets amateur singer Eiko and pledges his intellect to propel her career. On the surface, it’s a nice enough isekai-ish story: historical figure…
I’m a scifi fan first and a writer second. I like movies, so here’s my thoughts on a few: Stargate: Origins – Don’t think too hard, but if you ever wished that the Stargate franchise could cross with Indiana Jones…
But Silence Fallen comes with caution tape. The real warning I needed the first time through this book was the completely unexpected character twist at the end. Somehow, I never saw it coming. This time, i gleefully read through, picking out every detail along the way.
“I want to elaborate on this tonight after work,” I told Twitter, as I QT’d @PaulJessup sharing Lincoln Michel’s article “Worldbuilding Doesn’t Need to Build Everything.” After my book came out, I learned that worldbuilding is one of my strengths.…
These are my handy dandy outlining templates. The first is a spreadsheet that tracks words per scenes and how many words you need for each scene you have left to write to hit different word count goals. It’s a little…
A reading from Rights of Use!
Way back in 2014, I posted about building a planet generator for auto-generating planets in the Kemtewet Empire (the big baddies in Rights of Use). I’ve referenced that sheet many times: a little while polishing Rights of Use, a lot…