C.C. Hogan's Blog, page 13

Does Your Dragon Wear Clothes?

There are two sorts of dragon in fiction, broadly speaking; dumb beasts that screech and have an orc sitting on top of them and eat princesses and ones with interesting senses of humour voiced by such luminaries as Sean Connery and Sir John Hurt.

But if a dragon is an intelligent, well spoken and such literate fellow, why would they be running around in the nude and living in damp nasty caves?

Dealing with Ancient Characters

I love getting under the skin of a character for the first time, seeing how they think, how they react, what private thoughts they have, even where they are ticklish. I know Fantasy is meant to be about huge magical explosions, dark, mysterious thoughts, and rooms lit only with candle light and strange blue auras, but actually, I am far more interested in how the people wrapped up in the world think when they cut their finger, go for a piss, see a girl/boy/dragon that they fancy, or celebrate the big five-oh-oh!

Using Onenote for your Novel

Onenote has been part of Microsoft Office for years, but now it is available free as a download.

I am writing a huge fantasy saga at the moment and Onenote has been the perfect tool for planning everything about my novels and keeping my head together

Lost in my Own World

I am currently in the middle of my attempt at fantasy. Actually I am over half a million words into it and going strong.

But it does beg the question of whether my own fantasy world is somehow better than the real world. Quite worrying, indeed.

Using Amazon Author Central

A while ago Amazon launched Author Central, a simple resource where an author can upload a profile that is attached to any books they may have published.

I have created a profile for myself on both the dot com and UK site (It appears you have to create these individually) which was a fairly painless operation.

Sorting the Blog

Right, sit up! Just going to get this bloggy thingy sorted out and ready for presentation and thingies.

Just need to work out how to use it with a typewriter and we are off!

With any luck.....