Editing can be a tedious process. Recently, I’ve been using Speechify.com to read sections of the work I’m editing to help catch mis-cues in the narrative. It’s a good tool that I felt others might appreciate. It has much better voices and smoother pacing for reading works aloud. I’ve been listening to it read, while following alongContinue reading “Catch Editing Mistakes Easily with Speechify”
Category Archives: General Writing
Revising Romance: Enhancing Character Arcs in A New Past
Funny how focus shifts. I began re-working A New Past to make a non-explicit versions of the story as a means to find some creativity for my other work. It has quickly become my primary focus for writing. I’m happy to say Book One is complete, and will be published under a different author nameContinue reading “Revising Romance: Enhancing Character Arcs in A New Past”
Oxford Comma vs. No Oxford Comma: What Writers Should Know
Which is the best for comma usage in fiction? To be, or not to be? As I’ve been revising and editing “A New Past: Book One” to make a non-explicit version, I’ve run into an inconsistency in my editing tools. In the review tools built into Ulysses, where my definitive content lives, Oxford commas are used. This suggestsContinue reading “Oxford Comma vs. No Oxford Comma: What Writers Should Know”
How to Edit Explicit Content out of Your Novel
Last week I shared a little about hitting a wall in my writing and some strategies to overcome partial blocks. One of the things I mentioned was performing a re-write on “A New Past”. I did a little analysis to see what would be involved in stripping out the explicit content and came up with about 15%Continue reading “How to Edit Explicit Content out of Your Novel”
Overcoming Writing Blocks: Tips to Reignite Your Muse
I’ve hit a little block on my two works-in-progress. Neither is fully blocked, in so far that I know where I want the story to go, but both are feeling more like work to write at the moment. Since the first 25k words in each came almost effortlessly, it gives a pause when it starts to feelContinue reading “Overcoming Writing Blocks: Tips to Reignite Your Muse”
Technomancer Review: A Unique Sci-Fi Fantasy Adventure
Excerpt from a reviewer: Loved it! 😍 This genre-bending novel is firmly at the intersection of technology and magic, with a solid foot in each world. Technomancer provides a unique and fascinating story line as the author weaves our technologically advanced world with the magically enhanced yet industrially deficient world of Elysia in such aContinue reading “Technomancer Review: A Unique Sci-Fi Fantasy Adventure”
Understanding Character Depth Through the Lens of Who
I recently started to get caught up on Writing Excuses, Season 20 while commenting into work. Specifically, Episode 5: Lens 1 – Who. The discussion introduces “the lens of who” — which means talking about characters. This is a great refresher on making characters that are multi-dimensional by showing them through different “lenses”. A key take-away is the ideaContinue reading “Understanding Character Depth Through the Lens of Who”
Balancing Real Life and Fictional Worlds
Sorry for the break in posting. I’ve been busy working to make ends meet with my real job and fallen off the writing bandwagon a little. Now that I’m being productive in the real world, I’m ready to jump back into the fictional worlds in my head. I’ve been toying with two story ideas thatContinue reading “Balancing Real Life and Fictional Worlds”
Marketing Mondays: The Synopsis Conundrum
Yesterday, I shared some of my efforts at creating a marketing synopsis for Technomancer. While the book is not posted for purchase yet, I need the summary for the sales pages on various sights, and also want to have a slug I can share with potential reviewers. A synopsis can be a writer’s nemesis butContinue reading “Marketing Mondays: The Synopsis Conundrum”
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