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I have some breathing space between non-fiction books. This means I can restart sending query letters for two titles: The Valley of Fire Green River These are two books in a planned series of #Western #Horror titles. After struggling for a few months to finish Green River, I've finally got …
on Nov 7
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The lure of non-fiction is two-fold: It pays. It has boundaries. The "boundary" issue was a blinding revelation for me. The goals are narrow: explain some feature of a programming language. The available techniques are metaphorical hand-waving and concrete examples. The examples must actually...
on Sep 2
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I've been fiddling around with setups for writing on the road. Clearly, dragging the laptop around gives the most flexibility and computing power. But. It's kind of bulky and fragile. An alternative is an iPad and a keyboard. The hard part is getting the iPad to an elevation that avoids …
on May 11
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The lure of fiction seems like it should be hard to resist. But. I manage to resist it constantly. I think it might be the lack of feedback from trying to write fiction. For non-fiction, I have contracts and schedules. I have feedback from technical reviewers (i.e., “beta readers …
on Apr 9
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New Project. New Approach. New Inspiration. See Lady Writers League. And The One Page Novel Plot Formula. This "one-page beat sheet" provides what seems to be a very useful outline. There's an important workflow aspect to this. The design order is not the story-telling order. Those of us who are …
on Apr 2
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In spring 2023 (about a year ago) we went west. From North Carolina to Los Angeles. (And back.) We drive in our truck. Slowly. And stop frequently. Later that year -- in July -- we moved to Texas to help with family health care. This means, of course, moving: pack up everything …
on Apr 2
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This is a response to a #WordWeavers prompt. 2/11. Share a scene that gave you lots of joy to write. See #WordWeavers There's a lot of back-and-forth among writers and aspiring writers on our aspirations and struggles. A hotel called “The Lodge” had several hitching posts. Because the women …
on Feb 11
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Following the #WordWeavers hashtag in the Mastodon Fediverse. Many things that go back and forth among published pros and folks -- like me -- who aspire to getting something published. Unrelated to McGuffin's specifically, I saw an essay on novels that open with a focus on a thing. Something...
on Jan 25, 2024