Quote of the Day
Justice is not done to the versatility and the unplumbed childishness of man’s imagination. -Robert Louis Stevenson
The Downside of Pantsing
As I’ve announced before, a good bit of Last Tomorrow was written on the fly. Like the US Navy in WWII, I simply went around difficulties. That’s fun, but at some point, you have to force those little hidden Japanese jungle plot holes (I’m getting all the elasticity this metaphor has, thank you very much) to… Read More The Downside of Pantsing
Quote of the Day
The human character has been ill-served by nature: we tend to consider matters carefully after the fact, not before. -Quintus Curtius Rufus
How to Publish Stuff on iBooks, using Tablo…
I laid out the steps some weeks ago on my Ello page. If you like having your stuff iBooks, Tablo takes much of the work out for you. Here’s the basics: Step 1 – Put Your Book on Tablo. You can write (or copy-paste) your work there with their Bookmaker software, which is intuitive and… Read More How to Publish Stuff on iBooks, using Tablo…
Quote of the Day
I find myself aggrieved Yet insufficient to express the same; For it requires a great and thunderous speech -Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great, Part 1
I’m going to share this because I already agree with it and that’s how blogging works…
Originally posted on charles french words reading and writing: Here are a few quotations about creating first drafts to inspire all of us to keep writing: (https://pixabay.com) “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” … via Quotations on Writing First Drafts — charles french words reading and writing
Quote of the Day
Though royal purple soothes his pride, And snowy pearls his neck adorn, Nero in all his riot lives The mark of universal scorn. -Boethius
Vlad the Impaler and Cue-ing Your Readers
Good Post at madgeniusclub about making sure your readers are getting the cues you’re giving them, and more importantly, not reading cues that you don’t intend to be there: You need to be aware that if you’ve got a strong mystery plot, you should be putting in the cues for the red herrings and the… Read More Vlad the Impaler and Cue-ing Your Readers
When Stories Balloon
Since reading some Raymond Carver, I’ve worked with the idea that short fiction doesn’t have to be a mini-novel. It can be a scene. It’s given me the confidence to do knock some short stories out. I’m working on one now that’s going to be for submission to one of the magazines Author Publish keeps… Read More When Stories Balloon
Of Conan and Carver
One of the difficulties of approaching art of any kind is learning to drop your prejudices when encountering it. This is true regardless of what class of art you’re talking about. It’s very easy to dismiss something you haven’t read as without value, because if it had value, you’d have already appreciated it, right?… Read More Of Conan and Carver
Content Blues 