This weekend (4/25-4/27) my 206 Tips for Writing Fiction is free! Here's more information about the book: This is a book of tips. It will look different than most books on writing. Rather than giving you long explanations and step-by-step instructions on writing...
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Current Projects – Book 3 and 4 of my Fantasy Series
I'm currently working on the plot for the next two books in my fantasy series, Tales of Aarkan Zea Book 3: Dragon Master, and Tales of Aarkan Zea Book 4: Thwaylin's Song. The series has a medieval setting and the plots intertwine. I'm also working on a comedy novella...
Writing Challenge – Middles and Endings
A common problem with writing fiction is getting started and then not knowing where to go after you start. I have a few tips that turn the process into a fun challenge. 1. Write the ending first If you know where your characters have to go it will be easier to get...
I’m a NaNoWriMo Winner!
I completed my NaNoWriMo novel today! My total word count was 50,001. This is my second novel this year. The first was Tales of Aarkan Zea Book 1: The Temple of Armaan Suun. I wrote it in 7.5 weeks between August and September while preparing for NaNoWriMo. My...
Update on my First Novel
My first novel is almost complete! I'm past the 50k word mark. My plan was to produce 12 chapter with each averaging 4500 words, and write 1 chapter a week. I wanted to finish it before November so I can write a new novel for nanowrimo. I've kept that very close to...
Preparing for NaNoWriMo
November is National Novel Writer's Month. This year I'm considering taking the NaNoWriMo challenge: write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. That's almost 1700 words per day. To prepare, I've decided to write a specific word-count on a fiction story (most of my writing...
Free Kindle Books About Writing
Amazon's Kindle platform is a great resource for books about writing. Here's a short list of good writing books that are free: And here are a few good books that are worth buying:
Available for preorder – Letters and Life: On Being a Writer, On Being a Christian by Bret Lott
All serious writers know that each word they write reveals something significant about their beliefs, something about their reason for creating, something about the one for whom they write. After all, writing lays bare the soul. Yet the work of a Christian artist is...
Niche Site Duel 2.0 – Choosing a Niche
For me, the hardest part of writing a book or building a niche site is choosing the topic. There are many techniques out there to help. Here's my method. First, I build a matrix in Excel. I will make headings across the top of categories that I want to compare. One...