So You Want To Commit Novel: Revisions
Originally published July 2010 You’ve been through developing an idea, writing the first chapters, synopsis, plotting 1 & 2, slogging through the muddle in the
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So You Want to Commit Novel: Beta Readers
Originally published July 2010 One of Heinlein’s rules of writing is to never revise except under editorial direction. Um…I am not a one draft writer.
From Hospital to Clarion
Originally published April 2019 I’m packing. Retirement is coming up fast. Someone asked me, “How do you feel about retiring?” and I answered, “I don’t
Writing about the Future
Originally published November 2018 The subject of my current project is social fantasy. It’s not a nice fantasy, but it will have, if not a
So You Want To Commit Novel: More Plot
Originally published 6/17/2010 Let me introduce you to two have my favorite books on writing. I know there are hundreds out there, but these two
Help Me Create an Alien
Originally published 1/2/2010 Brainstorm is an accurate description of what happens to an author when an idea strikes. The mind whirls furiously, new thoughts compound
Favorite Characters
As an author of historical fiction, I’m often asked who my favorite character is. Particularly, I’m asked about the fictional characters, because the historical figures
The Rambling Writer’s Featured Week with the International Pulpwood Queens Book Club, part 6
Follow my journey from Big 5 traditionally-published author to joining an author-owned cooperative publishing group, with travails and triumphs along the way. NOTE: This series
A Rambling Writer Guest Post: Thor Talks Rocks, Banded Iron
My Paleontologist/Geologist spousal unit Thor Talks more rocks! In an earlier blog, I commented on our (or my) current obsession with polishing rocks and the
Throwing Books Against the Wall part (sic) Deux
Originally published by Irene Radford October 2010 Links updated by Jill Zeller A premise does not a story make. My harddrive is littered with great
So You Want To Commit Novel: #4 Characters
Originally published July 2010 in a series by Phillis Irene Radford. Ask any five writers how they develop a character and you will get five
The Name of the Prose, Part 4: A Ghoti by Any Other Name is Still a Fish
As I commented in the previous installment of this series, my first novel was also my first experience trying to create a fantasy world from
The Name of the Prose, Part 3: You Are Here
A sense of place plays a critical role in determining whether a reader “gets into” a story or not. Place names can lend an aura
