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 have three stories lying around which I think are pretty good, besides a long one being looked at by the "Critters" critique group: "Ex Nihilo High", "If They Eye Offends Thee", and "Intervention". Would anyone be willing to take a look at them for critique purposes ( 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... )

A comparison, for fun, between the movie version I just saw and the original novelBook: "Here's my amazing story ( 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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There's a sci-fi convention in town this weekend, so I went for a day. I hadn't been to a regular SF con in a long time, and even those were Trek-centered. It's always more fun to be there with friends, so it's tough to compare directly to this one where I was alone. Even so ( Read more... )

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... )