Vee James's Blog
August 2, 2019
Experiential Learning Styles
I attended a fine lecture yesterday by Barbara Leary (www.barbaraleary.com ) on adult learning styles and realized I go through every phase when I'm writing a book. Writing activates so much of my brain...
When I'm creating a novel, when I'm the Author persona, here's what happens...
Experiencing: I go along in life challenging myself to capture and remember experiences, people, and sensory things.
Imagining: I ask the "What if..." questions, the nebula where ideas form.
Reflecting: This is where I find the themes, the crucible to a story's meaning.
Thinking: Structuring the plot, laying out the acts.
Initiating: At some point, I begin writing scenes as fast as I can, in no particular order except as they appear in my mind.
Acting: The process becomes regular, so many hours, so many words, session after session.
Deciding: I make choices that affect story points, character arcs, and compare these with my concept of the plot.
Analyzing: I step back and start to connect scenes, chapters. I look at overused words, sentence construction, and multiple other errors.
Balancing; This is the revision process. Adding here, deleting there, until the novel is a unified whole.
When I'm creating a novel, when I'm the Author persona, here's what happens...
Experiencing: I go along in life challenging myself to capture and remember experiences, people, and sensory things.
Imagining: I ask the "What if..." questions, the nebula where ideas form.
Reflecting: This is where I find the themes, the crucible to a story's meaning.
Thinking: Structuring the plot, laying out the acts.
Initiating: At some point, I begin writing scenes as fast as I can, in no particular order except as they appear in my mind.
Acting: The process becomes regular, so many hours, so many words, session after session.
Deciding: I make choices that affect story points, character arcs, and compare these with my concept of the plot.
Analyzing: I step back and start to connect scenes, chapters. I look at overused words, sentence construction, and multiple other errors.
Balancing; This is the revision process. Adding here, deleting there, until the novel is a unified whole.
June 19, 2019
Neccabashar II: the Sequel
June 2019 marks the exciting release of my second audiobook, "Neccabashar II: the Sequel". This one is for lovers of zany comedy in fantastical settings with sly jokes, uproarious slapstick, and a little philosophy thrown in.
January 21, 2018
Migrated to KDP
Hi Everyone,
This is not an announcement of a new publication but I wanted to note that I've migrated all books from Pronoun (a now-defunct McMillan publisher) to KDP. For the moment, I'll be exclusively on KDP.
I wrote a sequel to "Neccabashar" in November and I'm in revision on that. I have a lot of demands on my time right now but hope to publish this in the spring.
This is not an announcement of a new publication but I wanted to note that I've migrated all books from Pronoun (a now-defunct McMillan publisher) to KDP. For the moment, I'll be exclusively on KDP.
I wrote a sequel to "Neccabashar" in November and I'm in revision on that. I have a lot of demands on my time right now but hope to publish this in the spring.
May 19, 2017
What's on your summer reading list?
Hi There Gentle Reader,
This summer I'm doing quite a mix of fic and non-fiction. Just finished Michael J Sullivan's "Age of Myth", "Presto" by Penn Juliette, "Hell Divers" by Nicholas S Smith, "The Serpent of Venice" by Christopher Moore, and "Boneshaker" by Cherie Priest.
Currently reading "Super Powered" by Drew Hayes and "When I Snap My Fingers You Will Remember Everything".
This summer I'm doing quite a mix of fic and non-fiction. Just finished Michael J Sullivan's "Age of Myth", "Presto" by Penn Juliette, "Hell Divers" by Nicholas S Smith, "The Serpent of Venice" by Christopher Moore, and "Boneshaker" by Cherie Priest.
Currently reading "Super Powered" by Drew Hayes and "When I Snap My Fingers You Will Remember Everything".
