Alas, not a lot of news. I have been very busy with the business side, and that will likely continue though next weekend. Meanwhile, the novel sits idle. Still no word on Blueshift magazine or when the first issue will be released.
Writing at Entropy Central If you are a writer with offspring living in the house, You know very well that the chaos that erupts from “special events” can completely derail writing time. The real problem is that “special events” happen all the time. Over the past several months, the “special… Continue reading
If you write a series, there are any number of continuity problems that may arise. The problem is, you may not start out trying to write anything more than a stand-alone novel. What do you do when you write a sequel several years after that stand-alone is released? Almost any… Continue reading
+ Proxima Centauri Status On the surface, it looks like I did nothing this week to further the progress of my next novel. True enough, but plenty of groundwork was laid in the form of gedankenexperiment. While the novel I am about to begin is the second in the Deep… Continue reading
The kernel of this post arose from the recent (and not-so recent) firestorm over sexism in science fiction and fantasy author circles. I’m not going to go into the details of what happened inside SFWA or the organization’s publication, the Bulletin. If you are not up to speed on those… Continue reading
For a beginner working on a novel, the question of whether or not to write from page 1 to the end seems like a technicality. The answer to that question can often mean the difference between finishing the project and leaving yet another partial sitting on the hard drive. Many… Continue reading
I finished the first pass edits of A Darkling Nine and have submitted the manuscript to first readers. I hope to have them back within the next 8 weeks or so. Meanwhile, it’s time to start thinking about starting the next novel, Proxima Centauri, the second book in the Deep… Continue reading
Now that the novel is written and I have completed my first-pass edits, I’d like to introduce my newest novel, A Darkling Nine. – – – – – – – – – – Gaylord Frost is a retired engineer who is restricted to a wheelchair. He perfected vacuum cracking, a… Continue reading
One of the challenges I face in my writing career is that of momentum. It can easily be summarized with Newton’s First Law = An object at rest remains at rest, an object in motion remains in motion. I am very much a momentum writer. I wrote my short novel… Continue reading
I managed to edit about a hundred pages of A Darkling Nine this week, much of it yesterday. It’s coming along nicely, but I have not yet reached the point where I stopped writing for several months. I’m not sure how much I’ll get to edit this coming week as… Continue reading
Powered by eShop v.6