Not everyone does this, so I’m not making this concrete advice — but you may find it helpful to put you in the writing mood… To get into the mindset for writing fiction, this may seem redundant but try freewriting. Here’s the Wikipedia entry on what it is. Doing it is not hard: Freewriting (Mood) How-to […]
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List of Robert Heinlein’s Juvenile Novels
With my last post about Heinlein‘s juveniles, a list of them made sense. So, here they are: Here’s the list of Robert A. Heinlein’s Juveniles Rocket Ship Galileo, 1947 Space Cadet, 1948 Red Planet, 1949 Farmer in the Sky, 1950 Between Planets, 1951 The Rolling Stones aka Space Family Stone, 1952 Starman Jones, 1953 The […]
Robert Heinlein, SF YA Precursor
When I researched this on Wikipedia I found that I’m not the only person to make that link. Robert A. Heinlein was one of the three people seen as pillars of the Golden Age of science fiction (that’s another post). He wrote many books and short stories, but a period of his novels are considered […]
My changed view on NaNoWriMo
I’ve done NaNo since 2003 and tried Camp NaNoWriMo this past July. The first four times I ‘won’ the 50 K challenge, but didn’t achieve it ever since, and didn’t achieve the goal for Camp either. I didn’t even get halfway there. My Changed View What I’ve come to realize is that I’m now putting too […]
YA: Today’s Buzzword
That’s an abbreviation for young adult fiction. It is also a descriptor because it can fit into nearly any genre. There is YA science fiction, YA Dystopian, YA fantasy, and so on. What makes it YA is just that the protagonist(s) is/are teenager(s). The main goal of this literary genre is that it gives young people more […]
Preparing for NaNoWriMo
(I began this post before this event; I’ll state what I didn’t do.) … or Camp NaNoWriMo, which I’m doing right now… which is why I haven’t updated this site in a week. Here are some tips to achieve your word goal in the month (50, 000 for NaNo, variable for Camp – I’m writing […]
Camp NaNoWriMo 2016 – How Did I Do?
Not as good as I’d like, but still good. Let me explain: My final word tally was 9015 words out of a goal of 20, 000. That’s the part not so good. I didn’t have my story outline done, so I lost valuable time ‘pantsing‘. Regular readers of this blog know I’m not effective […]
Using a Blog to Attract Readers
Camp NaNoWriMo is still taking up my free time, so another guest post By Autumn Birt Start a Blog. It is one of the first pieces of advice given to aspiring authors. And it ends there like those three words provide all possible information on what you should do with said blog. It is like […]
Pat Flewelling, on alternative plotting
It’s quid pro quo time.. over a year ago I posted on Pat’s blog (here‘s a link to the blog), now she’s returning the favor. With me writing for Camp NaNoWriMo right now, this is an appropriate post. I’m not as prolific, but few people are! At last count, I’ve written 59 novel-length manuscripts since […]
Pantsers vs. Plotters
With me starting at Camp NaNoWriMo on July 1st I thought that I should explain the difference between these two story methods, and what I do or don’t. “Pantsers” This is an expression, short for “writing by the seat of your pants”. A writer goes into a project with nothing planned and just writes what […]