The Blade Itself
I’m taking a break after Book 8 of The Wheel of Time and reading some other things. I’ve started Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself. Thusfar it’s not growing on...
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Write Like the Wind (George R. R. Martin)
Write Like the Wind (George R. R. Martin)
Home-grown Wheel of Time Encyclopedias
Thanks to all the spoilerific Wheel of Time wikis on the Internet, I have to keep my own encyclopedia as I go.
Raking Instead of Scrubbing
Rand raked for once! He didn't scrub!
The Nuclear Option
I invoked the nuclear option to spice up my failing story before it died.
Not A Good Start
After a couple of weeks of brainstorming, I started writing on my new project. I hate it. It's flat, lifeless, and dead.
Bad Character Habits in Wheel of Time
It's time for an intervention to stop the bad habits of characters in The Wheel of Time.
May Update
Brainstorming for my next writing project is scheduled to begin in June. Meanwhile I'm revising Kubak Outpost.
Four Dreaded Words
"What's your book about?" It seems like a simple question, until I, as a newbie author, try to answer it.
First Person Writing
Read using a Seinfeld impersonation: What’s the deal with first person writing? It seems like nearly every popular book these days is written in first person. A...