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January 12, 2017
Story Ideas: Where do they come from?
Throughout the month of January, I’m taking part in Storystorm. The goal is to generate 30 ideas in 30 days. I’m writing this on Thursday the 12th and I currently have 22 ideas. Early on, because I hadn’t been doing much idea generation, I was going good to come up with one a day. Yes, […]
January 11, 2017
Favorite Characters
Which 10 Characters Would You Invite to Dinner? I have to laugh when I see headlines like this in book blogs and newsletters of various kinds. The articles generally go on to discuss male main characters and love interests, even if strictly speaking the books are not romances. Or aloof, well-bred ladies. The guest lists […]
January 10, 2017
STEM: Writing about the space race, math and science
As happy as I am about the reception that Hidden Human Computers is getting, some of the comments on social media about our book and the movie Hidden Figures have brought me up short. It isn’t that they are critical but some of them certainly clarify why books written on STEM topics are so essential […]
January 9, 2017
We’re Number 1! Hidden Human Computers #1 at Amazon
While everyone in North American seemed to be watching (and posting about) the Golden Globes, I got a message from my co-author Duchess Harris. “Check out the reviews on Amazon!” Our book Hidden Human Computers was Amazon’s #1 New Release in Teen Air and Space Science Books. Woot! You better believe that Duchess and I […]
January 8, 2017
Ten Minutes a Day: When You Don’t Have Time to Write
It may seem like a strange thing to hear a full-time writer say but it is truly embarrassing just how often I don’t have time to write. At least I don’t have time to write something new. I’d been 50% of the way through my scene outline for Iron Mountain since early December. But it […]
January 5, 2017
Books with Chapters vs Chapter Books: Why You Need to Know The Difference
Last night we had someone new at critique group. I don’t just mean new to our critique group. I mean new to any professional critique group. I realized this when I noticed that she called anything and everything that has chapters a chapter book. This really drove home why it is so important to know the […]
January 4, 2017
Queries: Try, Swear, and Try Again
The picture above? If I could draw, that would be a self-portrait of me writing a query letter yesterday. I’m trying to get more magazine queries out this year so I want to do two or three a month. So, in the name of not putting it off, I spent some time working on one […]
January 3, 2017
Adaptation: How to Make It Work
Since I wrote my previous post on adaptation, I’ve been noodling over the possibilities. What should I try first? I keep coming back to an Aesop’s fable in part because it is short enough to easily wrap my head around. My idea is that it will be easier to learn on something short, develop my […]
January 2, 2017
Finding an Agent
Although I did send out material to several agents last year, I think it would be stretching it to call it an agent hunt. Hunt implies an active search and a lot of effort. I printed things off. I made a list of names. I looked into about 20 people and ruled out a lot. […]
January 1, 2017
How to Make a Meme
One of the best ways to create interest on social media is through graphics. I’m not going to pretend to tell you what will be wildly popular and what won’t. I’ve been posting daily on Twitter for about a month and one post will have 15 interactions while another has 860 in the same amount […]
