Breeding Ground is a series of posts where I share sources of inspiration for my fiction. Enjoy this little peek into the creation of What Lies Beneath. ALERT: there will be spoilers! Do not read this if you haven’t downloaded & read your copy of The Stone Masons yet. What Lies Beneath really came from…
I’m two months into the Novel In A Year Workshop with Richard Thomas and so far, the book is moving along fairly well. I’m also working on a couple of short stories at the moment – one for a specific market and another for my patrons. Keeping busy as always good and I’m definitely feeling…
So, I’m 2 weeks into writing the new book. Even though my outline isn’t as complete as I wanted it before starting, things are going fairly well. I’m almost through the rough draft of my first act (4 chapters). I’m writing less than I would on a normal project (I’m averaging around 1200 words/day) but…
After 1 month of preparation and outlining, the first day of work on the new book is done. I admit it – my outline still isn’t done. BUT I do have the rough outline, aka general beats for each chapter, are complete. I like to do a scene card for each chapter in Scrivener, and…
Given that I’ve taken part in NaNoWriMo since 2008, I’ve tried a million different methods of plotting books. Larry Brooks & Storyfix First Draft in 30 Days Layer Your Novel But my latest discovery, Save The Cat Writes A Novel, is what I’m using to plot my new book. Based on the method by Blake…
I feel like I sold myself short in my last post. It was a little too focused on what I didn’t accomplish, but looking back, I did a lot this year. I took 2 writing classes, in which I wrote 11 stories. I also write another 3 stories after my classes finished. Most importantly, I…
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