“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.…
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…
I spoke a panel on history and mythology and realized Rights of Use had more history than I thought.
“Why don’t you just use dialogue tags?”
“Because someone told me not to.”
I’m trying out my first NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), which typically challenges new, would-be authors to write a complete first draft of a novel that’s 50,000 words long in the 30 days of November. Ever since I heard of…
Every time I repeat the phrase, “Edits are done,” I feel like I’ve stepped into a magical world. I’ve said this time after time, revision after revision, but there’s always been an unstated, “Until someone tells me I have to…
It’s been five months since the last status post. Since then, I’ve: started a publishing company (www.astrainvicta.com) gotten rights back for Rights of Use started a mailing list commissioned cover art from the immensely talented Mallory Rock of Rock Solid…
How weird is it to experience another intellect? There’s nothing like it. It’s confusing, it’s busy and chaotic and overwhelming. There’s confusion, revulsion, denial, anger. There’s a drive to escape or strike out, but you can’t. It’s under your skin. You can’t run from it, and you can’t hurt it. It just is. It has to be.
If you like music and you’re stuck in your writing, try compiling a playlist–either from your music library or a list of radio/Pandora songs–of songs complementing your story’s themes or events. If you’ve already done this, update it after revisions…
