National Novel Writing Month is coming up in November and I'm considering trying it. I don't know what to write, though. Some people have said things to the effect of "write about necromancer foxes!", but that's not how I operate. I need a theme I care about. In the first novel (SF) it was "freedom", and centered around characters trying to build a ( Read more... )

My novel "Striking the Root" is now on sale ( Read more... )

I've just gotten an offer to buy my first novel, "Everyone's Island". This is a science fiction story about freedom, involving "seasteading" or ocean colonization, and AI ( Read more... )

On DeviantArt I was looking at two possible novel ideas to write next. One's SF, involving firemen on a seastead. One's fantasy, involving kitsune in Japan ca. 1700. And I'm kind of troubled ( Read more... )

"Striking the Root" is out to a small publisher as of today, for judgment. I've finished the style edit I was talking about, and will do a much shorter edit in the meantime after I've put the story down for a bit ( Read more... )

A comparison of two story snippets after being given some usefully specific advice about style:
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I've just completed the first draft of the novel, working title "A Bundle of Sticks". I need a break from that, and then I'll start thinking about it again ( Read more... )

Still having a terrible time getting writing done. I've got notes for a novel, but the idea needs to be at least 20% cooler.

In the meantime, I bought a couple of cheap book for the RPG "Exalted", since I like the setting if not the rules. One (about ocean adventures) is junk, but the other is the first part of a guide to Autocthonia. That's a ( Read more... )

Yay, it's finally out the door! It's been educational to work on this thing, seeing all the things I did wrong in the many drafts, and the things I'll never be satisfied with in this story, but I'm glad to call it done but for spellchecking the complete text one last time ( Read more... )

Finally I've got all of the Chaos Emeralds +1 boots of hating this story the gavel out of Pelosi's hands nearly all of the novel edited, and at this hour am thinking "what the hell; might as well finish the last scenes while I'm awake". I want this thing out the door ( Read more... )