In many ways, perception IS reality. I harp about narratives a lot – the attempt to change the perception of reality by exaggerating, distorting, censoring or fabricating facts and statistics (they are not the same things), done with the belief that perception IS reality. In many ways, it’s true. If you convince enough people that … Continue reading
We go through life with all these memories of things we’ve done in our former lives (That’s usually the way it works – if you’re remembering things you’ll do in your future life, come and see me.) We remember how it felt when we did something fifty, sixty years ago (assuming you’ve lived that long … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My three posts all went up on time. Four stories returned from market and have been submitted to new publishers, The 14th Annual Smashwords Summer/Winter sale continues – all of my collections and my Swordsmaster novel are 50% off for the rest of July. See my Current Book Promotions page for links. … Continue reading
Know thyself. Yes, I’m the dilettante. Dilettante: a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge. More appropriately, I suppose I could tie pantser into that as well – I just do things the way they come to me. Throughout my life (gosh, that’s been a long … Continue reading
As I’ve been studying recently, I’ve found a lot of ideas to think about and look for in my own stories, but I haven’t found anyone else’s method that I can duplicate. I find myself taking those alien methods apart and cobbling bits and pieces into my revision process, and that hopefully makes my finished stories better. Continue reading
The world seems to be in utter turmoil to many of us. The Russian invasion of Ukraine. The disaster in Afghanistan and the coddling of Iran’s zealots suggests terrorism on the rise. A doddering man who is incapable of leading the free world. Two years of stopping the spread. Lockdowns. Shut downs. Masks. Vaccines. Soaring … Continue reading
I’m a PANTSER, but I can still learn from PLOTTERS (there is a PANTSER/PLOTTER SPECTRUM, like with autism), and most of us slide between the two, depending on where we are in our personal method on a given project. So I attend summits when they seem interesting. Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals: All my blog posts went out according to schedule. I had one submission return, and immediately sent it back out to market. I wrote on six days last week. I made my daily quota on only one of those days, and came up short again with only 1,192 words toward my weekly … Continue reading
I’m a PANTSER (a discovery writer for those of you who are uninitiated); the words pour out, and I make adjustments after the draft comes out. Despite the fact that most aptitude and personality tests (such as Strengthsfinder) say I’m highly analytical, I seem to have a block when it comes to applying analysis to my writing. I can FEEL whether something works, but it’s difficult (to say the least) to apply other people’s rules to my stories. Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals My blog posts made it out on schedule, and I didn’t have any stories return from market, so they’re all out there as they should be. My next scheduled release day is March 18th. The story will be “Getting Personal”, which I have barely started to prepare for publication. I still need … Continue reading
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