Oh, squiders. I have run into yet another road bump in the nonfiction book writing process. It has been my intention to release workbooks with some of the nonfiction books (so far the idea generation and the multiple project books,
WriYe and Romance
Afternoon, squiders. WriYe’s going well so far. I’m still remembering to check in, and through the challenges I’ve finished my serial story (which I’ve worked on almost every month since January 2009! It’s insane to think that it’s done), wrote
Picture Books and Progress
Happy Friday, squiders! I hope you’re doing well. It keeps snowing on my plans over here in these parts. I think I’ve told you guys about my plan to try out writing some picture books. I tried once before (waaaaay
Troubleshooting Your Outlining Issues
All right, squiders! I think this is the last bit of the outlining book. And from here, it’ll be time to go back through all the nonfiction book posts, put them together, and see what’s missing. Woo. Outlining issues essentially
WriYe and 2019
So, in December, I got an email letting me know that the WriYe boards were being refreshed for 2019, and it was a weird blast from the past. Do they send these emails out every year and I’ve just ignored
Why Science Fiction/Fantasy?
I was ditzing around the blog and discovered a variety of draft posts that never got written, for whatever reason. This is the earliest, from 2010, right after I started this blog up. No reason to let things sit around
Using Outlines for Revision
A lot of people consider outlines as something you need before you start writing your first draft, but I would argue that they’re a much more important tool for the revision phase of a project. That’s not to say that
Looking Back at 2018 and Ahead at 2019
For the last few years, I’ve had a spreadsheet with a general idea of what I want to get done for the year and the general time frame in which I think it’s going to get done. There’s a lot
Types of Outlines (Part 3)
Soooo…hi? Sorry to leave you guys hanging for so long, but, alas, holidays and so forth. Now we’re getting into the really meaty outlines, meant for people who like to know exactly where their story is going and what is
I Finished My Draft!
Hooray! Happy day! My space dinosaur story is done! Well, the first draft is. It will need some work, like most first drafts do. But structurally it’s in pretty good shape, which is frankly a miracle because pacing is not
