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Category Archives: Articles
Outlining and Inspiration
I’ve spoken about my writing process before and I am a planner. I need to outline my stories and novels or else they just keep drifting along, trying to find an ending, but instead always finding different ideas and conflicts … Continue reading
The Lure of Crime
My present video game addiction is Grand Theft Auto IV. I am not a fan of the cop-killing, which is integral to missions required to move the plot forward, but have come to grips with it. I really like the … Continue reading
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Tagged computer games, sword noir, writing
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The Fantastical in the Fantasy
Here I am, with a new idea and almost 2,000 words into a new story and I come to the realization that it’s not really a fantasy story. I’ve always considered fantasy stories as not just stories that happen in … Continue reading
Excessive Vengeance
In the fiction on which I am working – it needs a name, doesn’t it? Let’s call it Pandora Excess for now, both it and the RPG of the same working title will need name changes, but it’s fine for … Continue reading
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Tagged Borderlands, Pandora Excess, science fiction, writing
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Writing: Sleep On It
There’s a lot of advice I would give to a writer who asked, and I’ve touched on most of it before. Read. Read outside your genre. Read non-fiction. Observe. Write. Finish what you write. Finish first, edit second. Schedule writing … Continue reading
Nice Writers Finish Last
One of my major failings as a writer is that I don’t want to torture my characters. A great way to keep a reader invested in long-form fiction – be it a novel, a series, or a novella – is … Continue reading
Next Step, Cuneiform on Clay Tablets
I finally finished “Farewell, Something Lovely.” During the re-write, I hit a wall. I’m not going to call it writer’s block, because it wasn’t that. The words were there in my head, I just couldn’t get them to come out. … Continue reading
History: Not Just for Breakfast Any More
I love history. There are some specific places and periods that have my particular devotion: Rome during the Principate, Scotland during the Wars of Independence, Korea during Koryo, and the Tudor-Stuart stretch of English/British history. It’s this last that I … Continue reading
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Tagged apropos of nothing, history, political rant
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