C.C. Hogan's Blog, page 10
May 26, 2015
The Stink Website is Launched
Just launched - the Official website for The Stink, the forthcoming book from C.C. Hogan.
Story background, band profiles, excerpts AND the whole of chapter one!
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Story background, band profiles, excerpts AND the whole of chapter one!
Don't forget to sign up to our news letter to hear when the book is released for Kindle and Paperback.
Fantasy Recipe: Beef and Carrots
Here is another good old Tavern Favourite for those writing about taverns in your fantasy novel.
Boiled Beef and Carrots is a bit of an English tradition, though one that has fallen out of favour. Properly cooked it is delicious and perfect for that tavern on winter nights with your dragon parked outside.
Boiled Beef and Carrots is a bit of an English tradition, though one that has fallen out of favour. Properly cooked it is delicious and perfect for that tavern on winter nights with your dragon parked outside.
May 23, 2015
Creating a Promotional Book Website
As I drift towards releasing my new book, The Stink, I have to think about the book's website.
Since I am self publishing, I have to do my own (no money, you see), but thankfully I have a few skills. Design is one thing, but what do you put in it?
Since I am self publishing, I have to do my own (no money, you see), but thankfully I have a few skills. Design is one thing, but what do you put in it?
May 18, 2015
Planning a Trilogy or Saga
There is a ton of advice out there about how to plan your novel, develop your characters and generally get yourself organised.
But what if you are not just writing a book but an entire saga, a series, a trilogy on steroids? How the hell do you plan that? This is what I have learned....
But what if you are not just writing a book but an entire saga, a series, a trilogy on steroids? How the hell do you plan that? This is what I have learned....
May 12, 2015
Should you swear in Young Adult Fiction?
I am wrestling with my teen characters, it appears. The book is set in 1976 in North London and involves a bunch of sixteen year olds starting a band.
Being a sensible fellow, I am basing it on me at sixteen in the 1970s. I swore, got angry, wrestled with contentious issues and was a pain. And I also swore. Did I say that? I REALLY SWORE!
Warning: Contains Swearing.
Being a sensible fellow, I am basing it on me at sixteen in the 1970s. I swore, got angry, wrestled with contentious issues and was a pain. And I also swore. Did I say that? I REALLY SWORE!
Warning: Contains Swearing.
May 7, 2015
The Joy of the Readthrough
There is nothing better than sitting down and reading through your own writing, polishing it while revisiting the joys and the heartbreak, the intrigue and twists hand in hand with your characters
May 5, 2015
Tutorial: Creating a Fantasy Map
Creating a map for your fantasy world is far more than giving your readers a helpful, absorbing bit or artwork on the inside cover of your book, it is about making your world make sense and is a vital part of planning.
This tutorial is not trying to turn you into an artist, but talk through one way of creating maps that will help you bring life to your work
This tutorial is not trying to turn you into an artist, but talk through one way of creating maps that will help you bring life to your work
April 29, 2015
Lines I enjoyed writing
I hope I often write well and that my work reads well.
Just occasionally I am extra proud of a line or a phrase or a short section; it is not that it is especially beautiful or uses clever words, but it just works.
Just occasionally I am extra proud of a line or a phrase or a short section; it is not that it is especially beautiful or uses clever words, but it just works.
How long should the build up to a battle be?
As I work my way to an important battle in my current book, I am pondering over how much build up I should have before swords are drawn and the blood-bath gets going.
It is an interesting puzzle because it brings home the emotional response to war and death in a way that just shouting "go" doesn't.
It is an interesting puzzle because it brings home the emotional response to war and death in a way that just shouting "go" doesn't.
Pacing the Build up to War
As I work my way to an important battle in my current book, I am pondering over how much build up I should have before swords are drawn and the blood-bath gets going.
It is an interesting puzzle because it brings home the emotional response to war and death in a way that just shouting "go" doesn't.
It is an interesting puzzle because it brings home the emotional response to war and death in a way that just shouting "go" doesn't.
