The action in my novel takes place in two quite different settings. One is pre-industrial agrarian and the other is managed wilderness, and these two distinct areas are separated by a mountain range that runs down the country like a spine. That had been the idea from early on, from when I read Guns, Germs, […]
I’ve read most of what Jacqueline Carrey has written, so I read with interest Scalzi’s blog post on Carrey’s Big Idea. One of the books she used to help her plan her new novel was Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and this same booked sparked a major element of my own fictional world. As […]
I use a lot of tech when I write. Everything from a fountain pen on notepaper, to a notebook computer, to a desktop computer with dual monitors. Which tool(s) I use depend on where I am in the process and what I’m trying to accomplish. Using a pen or a laptop at a coffee shop […]
Stef sent me this link, knowing that I’m in the last stages of the intermediate phase of my novel (no, that really doesn’t make sense to me either). It’s an interesting read. Despite the fact it’s mostly nonfiction writers giving advice to another nonfiction writer, much of it will be useful no matter what’s being […]
I finished the rewrite of my novel in time for WisCon 35. Go me! Except, there’s a scene missing, I need a stronger opening, and the novel is at least 25,000 words too long. Two members of my writing group still haven’t given me comments for the first 80 pages and I just handed it […]
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