April 25, 2024 On Using the Term Garou On Using the term Garou. Working on the concept behind my novel (working titles Moon and Second Moon, subject to change), I did some… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 7, 2023 What happens when You Don’t Plan Your Story? “Bottom of the Ocean” has been a bit of a struggle. I planned out the plot as I always do – Save the cat,… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
March 11, 2022 Deadline Here’s my self imposed deadline. The edit job on my first novel must be finished by September one. Current word count, 78,000. I need… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
July 18, 2020 My First Novel “The Missing” Moves To next Edit Phase I haven’t been writing blog articles much because – my first priority has been my oft neglected first novel series! I finally was able… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
October 28, 2019 Character Planning or Pants’ing? Not a complicated blog post today – just simple observations. Some people require vast amounts of detailed histories on their character profiles, where they… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
January 15, 2018 Gojira The Russian cargo ship rolled in the waves, as the biggest Typhoon in years smashed the Sea of Japan. The Captain chain-smoked an endless… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
January 5, 2018 Character Profile–Joseph Lohman Years ago, I started a Star Trek novel, which I abandoned because there was no internet, no place to find the kind of information… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 3, 2017 Character Creation Sheets Character Creation sheets run the gamut from “Name Height Weight Hair Color” to “At what age did your character first drink a soda?” I’m… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
November 22, 2017 Thoughts on “the Island” Okay, I wrote “The Island” in one night. I literally wrote out a basic logline during a break in the day, wrote out a… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
October 6, 2017 The “Vomit” Draft There’s a phrase among screenwriters – I think Jeannie Bowerman came up with it. Novelists have adopted it as well. The “Vomit” draft. What… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn