Posts related to the creative writing process
Authors are dramatic people. It’s one of the tests you have to pass to be part of the super-secret author club and receive instruction in… Read More »That cliché about life getting in the way of writing
Hello, fellow readers! I’m thrilled to turn the page on 2020 with hope for a better 2021. The last 10 months have been rough for… Read More »Happy New Year and Welcome to the Society
Hello from the cold and inadequately snowy Mountain West of the U.S.! In the spirit of the season, next week I’m running a Kindle Countdown… Read More »Synchronicity sale, #nerdpire update, New Novel taking shape
Having just released Alchemy, the sequel to Synchronicity, my first thought was to kick my feet up and relax. But there’s just not enough time… Read More »#nerdpire status and the New Novel
As I’ve mentioned before, writing Alchemy was great fun. Compare that to the process for Synchronicity, which was weighted down with a) learning to write,… Read More »Turning unique plot into ever-elusive gold in Alchemy
My editor’s markup of Alchemy was an affirmation of the importance of character depth in any novel. I’m drawn to character combinations myself, with normal… Read More »Character depth and the unusual in Synchronicity
In the midst of editing Alchemy and writing book 3 to Psycons & Grace, I’ve started work on a serial fiction collaboration. My co-writer in… Read More »Serial is yummy!
Alchemy: A Novel is now a pre-order on Amazon, scheduled for a September 21, 2020 release. Alchemy is Book 2 of Psycons & Grace, an… Read More »Alchemy pre-order live on Amazon
Snarky answer: why not? Less snarky: I wish I’d spent years thinking about psychology and how I could work related concepts into fiction novel format.… Read More »Why I write fiction books about psychology
Early in the novel writing process, the feeling is one of free-flowing creativity with infinite opportunity. As the plot comes together, some of that freedom… Read More »The next 4 months…