Scrivener for Windows 1.1.0.3 Beta
The folks at Literature and Latte released beta 1.1.0.3 for Windows. I am ignoring their friendly warnings and using it for my precious, irreplaceable novel pro...
Author: everett
The Sovereign of Tel Draft Completed
I have finished what could loosely be defined as a “first draft” of The Sovereign of Tel. Now what??
Subject-less Sentences
I noticed another little trick Suzanne Collins used to pull readers along at breakneck speed in The Hunger Games. I hadn’t noticed it in the first two boo...
Hunger Games Descriptions
As I’m reading the Hunger Games trilogy (I’m on the last book now), I am trying to analyze why it is so popular and addictive. The story is okay, the characters...
Hunger Games Dialog Tags
One thing I forgot to mention about The Hunger Games: The dialog tags. It’s funny the things you notice when you’re an aspiring writer. Suzanne Collins uses the...
On The Hunger Games
I finally get around to reading Hunger Games. (See what I did there?) I think it’s not terrible. It’s a decent action adventure yarn, but it’s...
Monday Meta (4/9/2012)
Not much to say about yesterday’s writing. I worked on another "beginning" scene, from Ordicus Metherel’s POV the night he falls into a co...
An Unintended Day Off
Yesterday was an epic fail of a writing day, the biggest failure in recent memory.
Burning Grain, New Characters, and Names
Vence rescued the prisoners. In the process he spawned a new character, and made me wonder if flour burns. Plus, where do I get these wacky names from?