Tag Archives: science fiction
Crying Planet (GALCOM Universe Book 1)
Hope Delgado has only one goal: to be an old woman. But the ghosts have other ideas. When Galactic Command comes calling with an offer–a bracelet to block the ghosts–she realizes that it might save her life. But GALCOM wants her to travel in space to another planet to fix a ghost problem that is …
2017: The Year of Craft
In 2016, I published 22 ebooks (might have a couple more before the end of the year). That’s an astounding number, and I want it to be higher next year. The only way to make money as a writer is produce a lot of writing (as opposed to writing one book and have it become …
Nanowrimo Day 1 & Pantsing 101
I decided to do Nano this year, for the first time, though informally. I’m not registering on any of the sites or participating in the social parts of it. Rather, I’m just using it as a goal to write a completed book in 30 days. The tool I’m using to write is Scrivener for Windows. …
Scientist’s Widow
Ana Santiago has one of those murder cases that she can’t let go. A neuroscientist with promising research. Did his wife do it? Why does she tow around a cooler every day? Is his remains in the cooler? Ana wants answers, but learning the truth may be more than she wants. Available from your favorite …
One of the things I like about never outlining my stories
’ve been working on a science fiction novel called The Crying Planet. It’s set in the near future, where space travel is possible, and earth has created a command for its fleet of space cruisers. I also did not outline it. I don’t have any idea how it will end either. I got the idea …
Not Fixing it on the Revision
One of the “rules” I’ve seen around is not to edit or revise as your write. It leaves writers to race through the draft and deal with a more worse problem: I’ll fix it on the revision. Last week, I hit about 10K on my science fiction novel Sinhollow, and I realized I had a …
How I get my story ideas
At Capclave, Bud Sparhawk said that he’d been asked “Where do you get ideas?” on a past panel. He jokingly said that he paid a guy $5 a week and was sent a postcard with an idea on it. Three writers came up afterward to ask him for the idea guy address! From the outside, …
