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• What is Steampunk?

  Posted on Friday January 2nd, 2009 at 05:40 in genre definitions

  Today, I can clear up one bit of genre confusion for you. Genre: Fantasy > Subgenre: Urban Fantasy > Sub-subgenre: Steampunk. Huh? What’s steampunk, you ask? Well, today, I’m going to make it perfectly clear. Over at Sillof’...

• Actual Fun With Grammar (Seriously!)

  Posted on Thursday January 1st, 2009 at 05:27

  Thank you, Boone, for sending me this great link. I just have to share. There’s a great blog called The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks. Seriously, don’t miss it. My recent favorite is this: And what’...

• I’m Getting a Bit Emotional.

  Posted on Wednesday December 31st, 2008 at 05:51 in inspiration

  It’s the last day of 2008, and this seems like a good time to dredge up something old before tucking it away, again. Hit PLAY, and then you can keep reading, below. Overwrought Theater presents: Directions for writing an important scene: 1. De...

• The Terrible Beauty and Tyranny of the Muses

  Posted on Tuesday December 30th, 2008 at 06:16 in inspiration

  To listen to music while writing… or not to listen to music while writing? That is the question. I know Peter Straub listens to jazz. I listen to nothing… or, well, this (5min, 24sec). Yes, it’s gritty for about the first 30 seconds...

• What Is The Classic Detective Fiction Novel ?

  Posted on Wednesday December 24th, 2008 at 06:01 in goals, writing novels

  Among good reads, the classic detective fiction novel should come in somewhere near the top, mixed with various other genres. Such collections as The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is still a good seller and can be found at nearly any bookstore due to...

• How to Write a Novel (Pt. 2)

  Posted on Monday December 22nd, 2008 at 00:56 in writing novels, writing groups, novel writing blog

  Now, the plot plan is next as you try to think of mixing the characters, settings and situations into a pace that will keep your reader entertained and entwined with your characters; wanting to turn the page or not wanting to turn the nightlight out ...

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