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A Path Not Taken
Want to be a published author? Curious about the best path to take? In this post, I’m going to suggest you not do what I did, and instead I’ll offer a short cut. First let me retrace my steps for...
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The Software Shakespeare Used
Wow! There are a lot of writing software packages available! By writing software, I’m not talking about word processors like Corel Write, Microsoft Word, TextMaker, WordPerfect, etc. I mean software...
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10 Reasons You Really Are Good Enough to Write Fiction
Perhaps you have a story inside you, but you feel too scared or intimidated or inadequate to believe you could ever write fiction. Here are some ways to banish those feelings. First, there are at...
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Emotional Roller-coaster
As you and the story you’re writing go through time together, do you find yourself on the same type of emotional roller-coaster as with a personal relationship? Do you feel elated by positive events...
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12 Types of Combination Stories
The reading public raved about your book. Readers loved the characters, the setting, everything, and they’re asking for more. More? Yes, more novels with those characters in that world you created....
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Looking Back, My 2019 Predictions Assessed
A year ago, I made several predictions about what would happen in 2019. It’s time to assess my skill as a prognosticator. Like any good soothsayer, I worded some of my predictions so that it’s...
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9 SciFi Predictions for 2020
Continuing the tradition established last year, I’ll make some predictions for science fiction for the coming year. First, however, I have an update on Twenty Thousand Leagues Remembered, the upcoming...
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Guest Post—Jason J. McCuiston
Remember when I interviewed author Jason J. McCuiston? You’ll be glad to know he has a story, “At Strange Depths” in the anthology 20,000 Leagues Remembered. And now he’s just had a novel published....
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Jules Verne’s Calendar Problem
Sometimes an author belatedly tries to force-fit two or more stories into the same world timeline, but it doesn’t work well. Just ask the creators of Star Trek, Star Wars, and the writers of just...
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A Novel Plan
I heard you’d like to write a novel. That’s the word on the street, anyway. As they say, writing a novel is a one-day event. (As in, ‘one day, I’ll write a novel.’) No, you’re more serious than that....
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When Robots Write Better
Here’s a thought experiment. We know researchers push Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology further all the time. What if AI begins writing stories and novels better than humans do? To make it more...
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