Jeff Carlson's Blog, page 10

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Last week I didn’t post a new blog and this week I won’t post a new blog, and let me tell ya why: I’m sinking all my blog energy into guest appearances hither and yon. SF Signal will be hosting me again soon. So will book blogger extraordinaire Susan Tunis at In One Eye And Out The Other. All in al, a busy autumn so far for young Jeffrey!

Movie trailer for “The Waiting Room”

Our friend is one of the nurses in this movie, which I think is scarier than anything I’ve ever written. What a sad state of affairs!!!!

This Remains My Favorite Book Promo Video Of All Time

Dennis Cass had it right it then (so long ago he’s in black and white, ha ha). He’s right now. :>

Check out his book Head Case before you lose your mind!!!!

Welcome back to THE FROZEN SKY

It’s an absolute pleasure to make this announcement. Years after the original short story, I’ve returned to The Frozen Sky. I’ll let the jacket copy speak for itself. There is also a fun guest blog coming on genre portal SF Signal.

First, the eye-popping cover art by Jacob Charles Dietz!

Thank you to everyone who pushed me to write this novel or helped in its creation, a group which includes David Marusek, Allen Steele, Larry Niven,Matthew J. Harrington, Penny Hill, Ben Bowen,Michael Stein, Cha...

The Rumors Are True… THE FROZEN SKY!!!

What you’ve heard is correct. The Frozen Sky is now a full-fledged novel available on Amazon, BN.com, iPad and Kobo (coming soon). The audiobook is also in production as narrated by the amazing Amy Sturgis!

New Name Game Contest Closed!!!

Shocking revelations this week!!! Brace for impact!

The Second Hint!

Here are more of my Obsessive-Compulsive Crazy Writer Notes from fine-tuning the new novel. Believe it or not, I’ve only included HALF of my pages in these blog entries.

So… what have we learned here, boys and girls?

First, the new novel is full of danger, threat, surprise, and shock. Now we can also see in the notes below that there’s a predominance of words like smash, crash, bash, bang, slam, beat, pound, scramble, crawl, dodge, and climb.

Hmmm. What other key words are repeated…?

Btw, we have...

This is amusing… ;)

The First Hint… As I Peel Open My Brain!

The leader of the Raccoon Resistence

Alrighty then! Today let’s peel open my brain and poke around at the nuts and bolts of writing.

As you should hope, I feel like I’ve learned a great deal about the craft since Plague Year. All writers have their particular habits and tendencies. It’s from these strengths (and weaknesses) that style and “voice” emerge.

When I’m creating my first draft, I try not to worry about every particular word choice. That comes later. Back in the day, though, I obsessed...

“Enchanted” by Aletha Kontis!

I am sooooooooooo overdue with talking up my friend Lee Kontis’s latest novel, Enchanted, someone should turn me into a frog. Lee is a sharp young cookie with a mind like an elf who’s hijacked Cinderella’s carriage. If you have any young adults or fantasy-loving adults in your life, Enchanted is for you!!!!

Here’s the back jacket copy:

It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the other six days of the week. Sunday’s only comfort is writing stor...