We went on a tandem ride today on the local farm roads. There is always something to see, and what is seen changes with not just the season but how deep in the season it is. We’re at the end of an unusually rainy summer, so the greenery is wild. What was quite visible in…
My To Read list is usually four to six books long. I often read two books a week. But this year has been especially fraught with interference and life stuff in general. I have embarked on a study program for becoming a better marketer of my fiction novels and my one non-fiction work. Because I…
I’ve had my new office for about a month and a half. But my point about writers and offices doesn’t start there. My first office was a folding table about 2 1/2 ft. by 18 in., an old TV stand with a shelf and my daughter’s old dingy purple desk chair. I would move the…
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash When I write, it is the voice of the character that comes first. I hear the dialogue, and it generates setting, conflict and motivation for me. So when I write, dialogue is first. Sure, there will be tags and description that comes with it, but it is minimalistic. After a…
Treadmills aren’t just for keeping fit. It has been interesting how my writing process has changed over time. I’ve always approached every writing project with an idea of how the story was going to end. Sometimes I have an outline but usually not. Looking back, I can see some constants: a title tends to come…
Photo by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash In March, I started a new series. It’s not really a series as each novel can standalone, but they are all set in the same world of the Solstice Dragon. What they have in common is setting, and there is a solstice dragon that is key to each book….
Every time I start a new novel, I find myself researching a variety of items, especially with the fantasy novels I’ve been writing lately. I have selected the 1700s as my template years for technology, clothing, architecture, and transportation. Picture credit: Okamatsu Fujikawa from on Unsplash Since drafting my newest fantasy novel, I’ve found the…
As a writer, would you consider collaboration a viable idea? I would have to know the other writer very well and feel that we had similar writing styles and a united focus on the plot and characters. Of course, after saying that, I must admit I have been talking to two people about collaborating. My…
