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Tag: Fiction writing

Seven Scrivener Tweaks

I’ve got a couple of followers who are writers themselves, so… here’s some Scrivener tweaks that will help out a lot! Where are you backing…

What I’m Studying Right Now

Right now I’m reading a book on characterization by Orson Scott Card. I went from reading a book by Nancy Kress on writing. Now she’s…

Amping up my books!

When I wrote my books, the first one I had the temptation to really go hog wild on the tension. Since I was writing it…

Explaining Myself

I have a habit when writing my books. Sometimes I start chasing a rabbit trail, where I need to explain myself or defend myself. That…

Life as a Writer

I read of people who get their first book published, and they quit their jobs. Like the guy who did Nanowrimo a couple of years…

“Where do you get your characters?”

Years ago, I came up with a concept for a novel where a group of people wake up, and find most of civilization just… gone.…

The Inner Circle

Part of the back story of my fiction series is a fictional group of people that form a shadow government. They’re run by a group…

Meet A Character – Rolf Offenstath

From my first book… Rolf. Rolf Offenstath sat down wearily in the wreckage of what used to be a house, he guessed. He’d never lived…

How My Writing is Done pt. 2

If you read yesterday, you got a brief introduction to how many writers used to write, and my old process. Until recently, I would open…