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July 15, 2014
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode One #7—Cover Design (Part 2)
In this episode of VlogaNovel I continue designing the cover for Nightblade, available for pre-order here and publishing this Thursday, July 17th 2014! If you’ve wondered what goes into designing a cover for a self-published book, I hope to provide you with some valuable insight.
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode One #6—Cover Design (Part 1)
Welcome back to VlogaNovel, where I live video stream my writing process on my independent books. I decided to take a quick break from the first draft and bang out a cover. Basically, I want to put the title up for pre-order and be able to promote it. VERY hard to do that without a [...]
July 14, 2014
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode One #5—First Draft (Part 1)
It’s the next episode of VlogaNovel! This episode is the first one completely devoted to the first draft—HOWEVER, in the last episode I worked on the first draft for the first twenty minutes! Before you watch this one, you should go check that one out! Watch me write the heroic fantasy Nightblade from beginning to [...]
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode One #4—Outlining (Part 4)
I’m live writing online again! This time we’ll be wrapping up the outlining for Nightblade Episode One and beginning the FIRST DRAFT! Tune in to watch and comment LIVE, and I’ll answer any questions or comments on air. Here’s what I got done in this hour: I wrapped up Xain’s character sheet, threw together a [...]
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode One #3—Outlining (Part 3)
We’re going to wrap up outlining the three main characters in the Nightblade series in this hour, including character sheets with defining characteristics, inner conflicts, outer conflicts, and then really delve into the outline for Episode One specifically. Tune in to see a story created from scratch and gain great insight into the writing process. [...]
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade Episode One #2—Outlining (Part 2)
In the second episode of the Nightblade Episode One VlogaNovel experience, I hope to complete the Episodes breakdown of the first season, outline the characters, and then maybe (MAYBE) get some words down in the first draft. Stay tuned, it’s going to be fun. Here’s what I got done in this hour’s work: EPISODE EIGHT: [...]
July 13, 2014
VLOGANOVEL: Nightblade #1—Outlining (Part 1)
I’ve started a second VlogaNovel project concurrent to my bigger one, Simulator. This one is called Nightblade and it’s a fantasy serial that I aim to publish once a week for the forseeable future. Be sure to tune in to see exclusive behind-the-scenes content and watch a new serial adventure take shape from idea to [...]
VlogaNovel: SIMULATOR #3—Back to Basics
I had to majorly re-think my approach to Simulator! So I’m going back to what I know works—a thorough outlining process that expedites the writing of the book tremendously. Tune in to see how I outline a book from beginning to end, and catch behind-the-scenes exclusives on my new novel Simulator. Here’s the outline updates [...]
When it Comes to Characters, Less is More
So I’m going through final edits of my upcoming novel Rebel Yell right now. And I do mean final, final edits. This will be the last time I change the story or the characters. After this pass, there will be a final copy editing read-out-loud (which will double as the audiobook recording) but that’s it. [...]
July 11, 2014
VlogaNovel: SIMULATOR #2—Simulator Begins!
Welcome to the second episode of VlogaNovel! I’m writing an entire novel live on video chat. You can SEE the words as I write them and comment live on the video. Ask questions and I’ll try to explain how the process works as I go along. It’s like DVD Extras, but for a book. If [...]
