Without the planned author interview blog post for today, I was curious to look at some of my past posts and came across this one from March 2014. It is quite eerie how relevant it is for today. We are fortunate to have the ability to connect with people from all over...
Science Fiction is a story based on the impact of potential science, either actual or imagined. It is one of the genres of literature that is set in the future or on other planets. The title is often shortened to SF or sci-fi. This genre typically deals with...
Writing: It may be a day late but I hope you enjoy this Halloween themed story. I wrote it 3 April 2011, when my writing career was starting. A Glimpse Through a Window It started with a glimpse out of the corner of her eye. A movement passing the opened window but...
My main concentration over the past week and into this week has been my ghost writing project. Fueled with 'technical jargon' from my client, I have been incorporating it into the story. The characters are taking shape and after this evening, I will send the revisions...
Writing: Writing has been spasmodic this past week but I have accomplished several 'to do' items on my list. I have increased the word count on my YA novella, which now has the new title of Creature Hunt on Planet Toaria. The word count stands at 24,491 as of today. I...
Writing: As most of you know I take advantage of any opportunity to write. On Monday, I wrote several chapter summaries and two whole chapters for my ghost writing project. Great you say - however my location was rather usual - in the waiting area of Canadian Tire -...
To have inspiration for our writing we must observe life, to avoid our family and friends abandoning us we need to engage with them, to pay the bills we must usually work a day job, to maintain our word count or deadline we must organize writing time. So the question...
In a perfect world we would be able to write whenever and where ever we chose. However, life gets in the way all too often. Many of us have to juggle family commitments and a 'day' job while writing. Finding the ‘perfect’ balance between these is always a challenge....
Circumvent - definition: to avoid by artfulness or deception; avoid by anticipating or outwitting The argument of choosing traditional publishing versus self publishing continues to be discussed at length on many social media sites. The option to release your novel...