Today is one part editorial assignment, one part drafting assignment, and one part teaching moment. For those of you who are comfortable with show vs tell, passive voice, and controlling tone, vibe, and mood, you can skip on to the actual …
#150Daysto100k – Assignment #8: Write your Next Scene
Today is the first day in almost a week I haven't been completely plagued with a headache (or migraine.) Bleh. As such, I'm a big bad 500 words into Rise of the Rift King, but that's 500 more words than I had before, which is great. (I am still on …
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Upcoming Publication Schedule (2025 – 2026)
A few things before I present the list: 1: This is tentative unless the book is available for preorder. Life happens. Should life happen and what you want doesn't show up when you want, keep it a you problem. I'm human, and I absolutely will …
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#150Daysto100k – Assignment #7: Reflect On Your Opener
Writing a book is hard. Let's just get that truth out of the way. The people who make it look easy are either really good at their sales pitch, are lying, or have zero care about their final quality. (Even the skilled and talented have to work hard …
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#150Daysto100K – Assignment #6: Write Your Opener!
I meant to do this yesterday, but it turns out yesterday and day were sick days. (I was sick with some unknown aliment yesterday, and I am having a chronic pain episode involving a very old knee injury, which is bad enough it has disrupted my ability …
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#150Daysto100k Assignment #5: Identify Your Starting Place!
Photographed: the moment before the tortie decided the calico (A cat weighing five pounds more than her, mind you) needed to be attacked most viciously. This is the visual form of where to start a story, because in the next few moments, this …
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