I was raised by hippies and read a lot of science fiction while growing up in California. I’ve always had a belief that I need to be prepared for the following:
Over the years my supplies and plans have varied, but two things have remained constant for over 20 years:
When I’m writing a story, I ask myself “what happens next?” However, the answer isn’t always the scene that will move the story along. Maybe it WOULD happen next, but it’s tedious. Or it’s obvious. Or it just slows the story down. So I ask myself, what will move the story to the next beat?
Finally have closing paragraphs for “Siege.” Happy dance! Now I just have to fix all the stuff before that.
This arrived recently. I feel all writery!
I should use “cool” in the title of every post, don’t you think?
When I write my steampunk novel it WILL have pneumatic tubes.
It’s really cool when you reread a scene you’d forgotten about and laugh out loud. It’s also encouraging. Like maybe you can write after all.
It’s probably best you just read The About.
But since it will probably eventually change, here it is as it stands today:
This is a place for me to keep a diary of my brain as I work to become a published science fiction author.
Last year, in the midst of the Great Recession, I voluntarily quit my very nice corporate job in order to work part-time and use the other part-of-the-time to write. I underestimated how much I needed to have a breather first. But my break is over and I’m ready to work.
Being a writer means writing. This blog is to give me another place to write when the fiction isn’t flowing, and my thoughts need more than 140 characters to sort themselves out. It will also be a diary of sorts as I put myself through my own self-directed graduate seminar in fiction writing.
Was that enough to convince you not to hit the RSS button?