People who know me sometimes say in a complimentary manner that I have excellent attention to detail. It is, sometimes, a good thing. I can recall some seemingly trivial fact that provides a solution, or notice something out of place, or come up with a thorough description. Attention to detail, rather over-attention, or fixation with detail is at ( Read more... )

I am seeking volunteer test readers for a draft of an unpublished Dark Fantasy genre novel manuscript, in preparation of a re-write ( Read more... )

I have done about 17 character sketches now. I just finished this one:

( Morpheus Character Sketch )

this weekend it was Mother's Day, someone's First Communion, and Someone else's birthday, so there were some family obligations. I did work on my character sketches some more. I now have 13 mostly done, including several villians and a few that are versions of a character after they underwent significant change ( Read more... )

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One of the books for writers that I have (First Draft in 30 Days) suggests making a 'soundtrack' to your manuscript while you are working on it, to aid brainstorming and inspiration. I've written about needing to find music for inspiration before. I'm considering choosing the actual tracks. So, I'm trying to figure out how I would do that, never ( Read more... )

time I got all mopey about my writing...again ( Read more... )

I'm still working on the timeline. Not writing, actively, not playing video games. Just working on sorting the envents of the plot of TDS into chronological order and reading books on writing ( Read more... )

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I was kinda upbeat last night, having resolved something. Solving things fulfills deep psychological needs. Humans like to progress and accomplish and such ( Read more... )