A word for 2023: Recalibrate
Do you have a word for the year?
Is there one word that sums up what you need to work on or change in the coming year?
Too sensitive about Sensitivity
Is the world in such a state that we need to dampen viewpoints and eliminate all bias to not hurt anyone’s feelings? Am I being too sensitive about sensitivity?
To NaNoWriMo or Not to NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo, the National November Writing Month event is about prompting writers to get their words written. Would I participate?
What characteristics make your genre your preferred story genre?
I have a strong affinity for action drama as my preferred story genre. It integrates well and also can help drive momentum and storylines within other genres such as science fiction, and historical, and can even work well with romance and fish-out-of-water tales. It’s the first Wednesday of the month, which means it’s the […]
What genres should I not write for?
IWSG poses the question: What genre would be the worst one for you to tackle and why?
Do I Really Want to Live There?
If you could live in any book world, why would you choose to live in it?
The Emotional Roller Coaster of Writing.
The words just fly onto the page, your fingers floating across the keyboard, the story unfolding, characters growing and…
Where to put my story?
My day work has always included an element of strategy and future visioning. When I started my novel in 2006, I, of course, planned out the environment to some level of detail, I knew where to put my story. I had planned on, and think I still do, to write a series of novels starring […]
Convert novel to audiobook?
Challenges in producing an audiobook and why even do so in the first place? Thoughts from a novice and an expert.
What is a good daily writing goal?
How many words should I write each day? A little historical analysis and a bunch of conjecture might give me something to chew on.
