Monthly Archives: October 2009

Game day jitters

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Jeff

Five hours. In five hours, both NaNoW­riMo and the Max­i­mum Geek Ulti­mate Writ­ing Chal­lenge begin. I’m going to a NaNoW­riMo kick­off party tonight here in Den­ver, and I’ll start writ­ing at the stroke of mid­night. Bet­ter yet, since I’ll likely still … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Is it okay to podcast old work?

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Jeff

So the plan, such as it was, was to pod­cast the orig­i­nal ver­sion of Between Heaven and Hell as three 20-​week sea­sons while I write the new and Uni­fi­ca­tion Chron­i­cles series (of which the first three books com­prise the same events … Con­tinue read­ing →

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KILROY 2.0 IS EVERYWHERE

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Jeff

If you’re read­ing my stuff, you’re prob­a­bly no stranger to SF pod­cast­ing. But one of the giants of the pod­cast­ing field and a man after my own cliffhang­ery heart is hav­ing a big day today. J.C. Hutchins is cel­e­brat­ing the print release … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Making writing a priority

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Jeff

NaNoW­riMo is right around the cor­ner, and I’m champ­ing at the bit to get started. But while NaNoW­riMo is a chal­lenge, I’m tak­ing it a lit­tle bit far­ther than that. 50,000 words in 30 days is great, but in the spirit of kick­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-​10-​25

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Jeff

@del­rayser Hey, that’s an improve­ment. The Fal­cons used to only play irrationally-​numbered quar­ters. in reply to del­rayser # @crimsonsky76 One of the rea­sons I’m torn about whether to pub­lish tra­di­tion­ally or not. I’ll address that next year. in reply to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-​10-​25

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Jeff

@del­rayser Hey, that’s an improve­ment. The Fal­cons used to only play irrationally-​numbered quar­ters. in reply to del­rayser # @crimsonsky76 One of the rea­sons I’m torn about whether to pub­lish tra­di­tion­ally or not. I’ll address that next year. in reply to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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More on opening lines

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Jeff

So we know that your open­ing line, or at least your open­ing para­graph, will define the tone and style of your story. We know that the open­ing line needs to be snappy and pow­er­ful to win over casual browsers at … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Opening lines and tone

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Jeff

Con­sider two open­ing lines, both con­vey­ing the same idea. As plans go, it was right up there with the Mag­inot Line. and The plan sucked. Which one is bet­ter? The first line is fun­nier and more styl­ish. It also has a way of … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-​10-​18

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Jeff

How’s this for the open­ing line of a novel: “The war was over.” Do open­ing lines really mat­ter that much any­more? # @scot­bot­mosh So would that line grab your inter­est? # @stir­wise Wow, at first I read that as “omelette-​equipped arm­chairs” in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Outline or fossil?

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Jeff

Okay, I’ve got the char­ac­ter, set­ting and ini­tial sit­u­a­tion. Is that all I need to start writ­ing a novel? What about out­lin­ing? What about writ­ing scenes on index cards? Who’s dri­ving this ship, any­way? And the answer is, of course, the story … Con­tinue read­ing →

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