I wish I had more to say about my writing today. That’s the real problem with the daily writing blog, not every day is exciting. Especially not when I’m editing. I’m mostly picking apart sentences and debating word choice. Making sure POV is consistent and makes sense. Nothing that really changes the plot or is […]
Yeah, I’ve been staring at the screen for a few moments, trying to think of something to write. Things are pretty quiet here. The kids are at school. Sheepsquatch is more or less ready to go. I’ll listen to it the audio tomorrow (and I’ll live tweet it), but really that’s for my peace […]
This… just this. The concept blew my mind this weekend. To me there’s a lot of truth here. At least, how I see my writing. Okay, stop, back up and explain. I’ve now written 15 stories with Matty, Mina, Rick, and Sam. Most of my editing is explaining actions and reactions to readers. Occasionally, even […]
This weeks offering is from Succubus: “So, what do we do?” She paused. “No idea just yet. Usually by now Matty tells me what to attack.” Rick snorted as the thralled waitress hurried to an area roped off by velvet. He pointed to a man with a crew cut, dressed in black sitting by […]
Every writer (likely every artist has their version of this too) has been told to ‘write the story you want to read’ or ‘It’s your story, write whatever you want.’ But every writer has also been told, ‘You have to give the audience what it wants’ or ‘People don’t read x’ or ‘People are tried […]
No time for a long blog post with the inevitable typos. Nope I have stuff to do today. Scenes to rewrite and a bathroom that needs scrubbing. So this one goes out to Susan, who needed a little motivation today as well: Look here , you got two choices, get it done or give up! […]
The month is winding down, which means publishing time for me. I have lots of stuff on my mind, tweaking my covers, how to promote, and the all consuming proofreading. I’ll probably sit down and let the computer read to me next week. I’ll live tweet it, because the robot computer voice is HILARIOUS when […]
Sheepsquatch comes out in three weeks. I’m surprisingly un-nervous. It took me a little time to get the ending right, but that’s not unusual. Finding an ending that both ends the story AND wants to make you read more is challenging. I usually end up revising all my endings extensively. But, this one is […]
That story is still unfinished. Every time, I tried to sit down and write this weekend I got distracted. However, I now have an empty house for a few hours, and I worked out how the story ends… more or less. I did however, do some renovating on Monsters of Pittsburgh, so that’s a good […]
This week I’m featuring the opening of Sheepsquatch, story 2 of Monsters of Pittsburgh. *** Not every victim of a reaver bite became a reaver, but a city as big as Pittsburgh was never rid of the vampires, either. Once a month, Matty and his sister scoured the parking garages to keep the number from […]
