A Marathon of Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction Endevours
For the Thanksgiving holiday this year we made a gratitude wreath. Ignoring the logistical questions we encountered (e.g. If we list Family should we list the individuals too? If one person lists Family should everyone else list Family?) it was a rewarding family activity. Some excerpts… I am thankful for my family and friends of…
I’ve heard the question “What other writer would you want to be like?” used as a way to determine where you want to go with your writing career. I’ve decided my answer is Neil Gaiman. Not because he’s rich, or successful, or that he tells a great story. What I like about him is that…
It’s a typical problem for writers. You need to do research, but if you use Google how does that affect the A.I. overlord’s view of you? For instance, in the last two days I’ve done searches for plastic explosives, cyanide production and poisoning, and hemp growing and CBD. I’m thinking of writing a story about…
Ok, so first off I missed posting yesterday. With all the travel I didn’t have time to post or to write. I’ve been doing some restructuring today but only a little writing. I also worked on the EPA proposal but had to come to the conclusion that it wasn’t going to get done by Tuesday….
In future posts I’m sure I’ll mention some of the other things I learned during the 20 Books Vegas 2019 conference. However, as the conference closes I want to wane philosophical for a minute. This website (26milesofbooks) is devoted to my three R’s; reading, writing, and running. It was originally created during a fundraiser for…
This was the second day of the 20 Books conference and I attended sessions on marketing, Military Sci-Fi, Urban Fantasy, and Fantasy. The one I’m going to talk about here was the Story Rescue Workshop with John Truby. He gave seven techniques to help save a struggling story. Since I’m working on a NaNoWriMo story…