Assholes… Writing great bad guys 10 Sep 2014 Just as you shouldn't write a perfect protagonist who is good at everything and always makes the right choice, don’t make your antagonist perfectly evil. Everyone has something not-terrible about…
Books… Bringing out your dead: When to drop the first body. 12 Aug 2014 Conventional wisdom dictates that mystery/crime novels offer up a body early on. Think about every episode of every incarnation of Law & Order. There's the discovery of the victim, then…
Books… When to release and promote your books 5 Aug 20145 Aug 2014 There are those who say that authors should release a book simultaneously in digital and paper form. Their argument being that everyone who wants to read your book should be…
Books… Novel Experiment Day 6 – What Was I Thinking? 16 Jul 20144 Feb 2015 My hands and wrists hurt. I don't give a shit what happens to the couple in Wallbanger. I pretty much hate this book I'm writing, too. Having no real foundation…
Books… Novel Experiment Day 5 – Wallbanger and the Iliac Furrows 16 Jul 20144 Feb 2015 Day Five research went pretty well. I found something fun to read: Wallbanger by Alice Clayton. The temperature is on the cool side i.e. I'm 40% in and the heroine…
Books… Novel Experiment Day 4 – Own and Bone 14 Jul 20144 Feb 2015 So this post is actually combining two days. A research (non-writing) day and a work day. I'm lumping them both into "Day Four." For my research I started reading Little…
Books… Novel Experiment Day 3 – A miscalculation and a pleasant surprise 13 Jul 20144 Feb 2015 Day three was great for research. Not great for productivity. BECAUSE I guess I forgot that I can't write on weekends. Not because I'm lazy (which I am) but because…
Writing Novel Experiment Day 2 – The trouble with S and hella words 12 Jul 20144 Feb 2015 I decided "Hiatus Experiment" doesn't really make sense, ergo "Novel Experiment." Day Two research involved the book Rush by Maya Banks. In contrast to the Rafe MacKade book, the sex…
Writing Hiatus Experiment Day 1 – Research, names, and outlining 11 Jul 2014 Can I write a cheesy romance novel in two weeks? Here's what happened on Day One: In order to write a romance novel, some research is in order. So I…
Books… The Hiatus Experiment or Can I Write A Romance in 2 Weeks? 10 Jul 20144 Feb 2015 Yesterday I finished the first draft of Summer Wind. This is the book that was giving me fits just a month ago when at the half-way point I hated the…
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