There’s two (sometimes three) terms for the way in which those who write stories approach the writing process. You’ve probably seen them referred to as “Plotters” and “Pantsers.” Plotters plan their story out before they actually start writing anything. Pantsers fly by the seat of their pants. Recently a new term has come into play, […]
Read More Plotters, You Need to Get Over YourselvesIt is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. ~ Arthur C. Clarke
Read More Putting Things in PerspectiveThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and the Second Best Reading Challenge at Worlds Without End. I had to struggle to determine what I was going to give this book as a rating. I can’t say it was a bad book, […]
Read More Book Review: The Sirens of Titan by Kurt VonnegutI love Jenna Moreci’s YouTube channel! I’m sharing some of her writing tips because not only do I generally agree with her advice, but I enjoy the way she presents them. (Except that she’s a plotter and I’m a plantser, so we don’t always see eye to eye about that. She likes more planning than […]
Read More 10 Tips for Writing Great FictionAnd Canada too, I think. Or maybe it rubs off on us. Seems particularly poignant at this moment in history.
Read More The Cult of IgnoranceMany of my friends have told me that they want to write a book, and they have asked me how to do it. Well, this is how. Really, that’s it.
Read More How to ACTUALLY Get That Book Written in the New YearIt wasn’t that bad, really. Some of us from the local NaNoWriMo group decided to continue to meet after November, and what we really wanted was a serious critique of our work. We all have friends and family who are the victims of the snippets we continue to inflict upon them, who are kind enough […]
Read More Putting My Head on the Chopping BlockA good article from my friend A.M. Offenwanger about the unreality of realism and why Princesses need pristine hair.
Read More On Princesses and the Unreality of Realism…I apparently read a lot of outstanding books over the course of the year and simply could not pick a top ten list! More than twenty of the 56 that Goodreads tells me I read (my goal was 50,) I gave a rating of five stars to. And choosing which ones stayed with me the most between […]
Read More I Tried to List the Top Ten Books I Read in 2016, But…
