The 10% Solution to Editing Your Books
Yesterday, I was doing a bit of research on editing as it’s a dragon I will soon need to face with pen in hand. While looking for...
Samurai Horses
As someone into Japanese history, I always wondered something- why didn’t the Japanese make more extensive use of horses during their wars? I knew they made some...
Merry Christmas one and all!
I’d just like to wish all my friends and readers a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! I hope the year 2012 is a great one for all...
Is 50,000 the magic number for e-books?
I was talking with a friend this afternoon who is something of an industry watcher in the publishing industry, and we were discussing e-book length. Now I’ve...
Manga- Liar Game – Who do you trust?
For those who love thrillers with a psychological bent, Liar Game is a unique story along the lines of the manga Death Note. It’s a story about...
sleepyti.me bedtime calculator
Now here’s a neat idea! sleepyti.me bedtime calculator will calculate the optimal time for you go to bed to wake up at a particular time based on...
What Price Nobility?
So, I’m thinking over changes I want to make to Twin Stars in the second draft of the story, and it’s mostly little things, but one thing...
Advice on Covers
Speaking of the Dead Robot’s Society writer’s podcast (which I’ve become a fan of recently), among the myriad topics they’ve covered, they did two especially good interviews...
10,000 words of fiction a day? Is that possible?
According to author Rachel Aaron it is! While I think my best so far has been around 4,000 (on really really good day) she claimed in a...
At 91,746 words, the first draft of Twin Stars, Book One (the novel) is finished! Can I rest now? #amwriting
Well, tonight after two long months of hard work, I have at long last completed the (very) rough draft of my first Twin Stars science fiction novel-...