It was my final summer: The last year I’d experience a summer break between school sessions. After that year, it would be just summer, not summer. For some reason lost to the mist of time, I was only able to secure thirty hours a week for work. And that summer… I decided to go forContinue reading “Writing Go Vroom”
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And Then There Were People
And lo, did the people comeFrom near and from far.“Tis summer!” they proclaimedAs they knocked on the door. “Tis not!” said I,But they paid me no heedAs they pounded and pleadedAnd demanded to be seen. They broke down the door.They trod on the carpet.They ate all the food.They dined on the sherbet.
To All Things… An Ending!
Write until the story’s done. Then stop. There are plenty of series that have gone on too long. Jumping the Shark is a trope for a reason. When people get greedy or don’t realize they’ve run out of ideas, series end up not just losing quality, but failing in general. My wife and I oftenContinue reading “To All Things… An Ending!”
Nine Months. Nine Novels.
For nine months in a row now, I’ve written a novel a month. For those of you who’ve never attempted to write a novel, well, that’s kind of an insane pace. My first novel took over a decade to write. You can read it now right here if you’d like. I think it’s pretty amazingContinue reading “Nine Months. Nine Novels.”
It Takes More than One
For me, some of the easiest and funnest times to write is when I release two characters to interact on the page. Madelyn is unsure of herself, cocky to others, and has real talent with her blade. She needs someone who can play off those abilities. Thus, we have Renity, Madelyn’s older sister, one ofContinue reading “It Takes More than One”
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