Oct 20
Posted: under the writing life.
Tags: the writing life October 20th, 2015
You will be as disappointed as I am that just putting very interesting and amazing stuff in the surroundings of a story doesn’t always persuade characters to take advantage. Things you will not be seeing in the book, despite my earnest endeavors and a lot of research and backstory work: a mammoth hunt, harnessing caribou/reindeer […] [...more]
You will be as disappointed as I am that just putting very interesting and amazing stuff in the surroundings of a story doesn’t always persuade characters to take advantage. Things you will not be seeing in the book, despite my earnest endeavors and a lot of research and backstory work: a mammoth hunt, harnessing caribou/reindeer for transportation of anything, Irish elk shaking those tremendous antlers, or the terrifying attack of a pack of dire wolves.
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Oct 16
Posted: under artwork.
Tags: artwork October 16th, 2015
As I told you awhile back, I met a talented artist at KeyCon (Winnipeg) back in May of this year and commissioned her to do a portrait of Admiral Kylara Evangeline Dominique Vatta, or Ky as most of us know her. I think she did a great job. It took awhile, because she had to […] [...more]
As I told you awhile back, I met a talented artist at KeyCon (Winnipeg) back in May of this year and commissioned her to do a portrait of Admiral Kylara Evangeline Dominique Vatta, or Ky as most of us know her. I think she did a great job. It took awhile, because she had to finish the school year (she teaches in a high school) and then had something else to finish, and various other things happened, but here it is.
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Oct 11
Posted: under Life beyond writing.
Tags: Life beyond writing, the book business October 11th, 2015
The local PBS station carries as their secondary station something called worldchannel.org, and it had an interview with Eric Schmidt of Google; I saw the last part of it. Right toward the end, he started bragging on how wonderful Google Books Project was, and how they’d been “litigated to death” (not with their money they […] [...more]
The local PBS station carries as their secondary station something called worldchannel.org, and it had an interview with Eric Schmidt of Google; I saw the last part of it. Right toward the end, he started bragging on how wonderful Google Books Project was, and how they’d been “litigated to death” (not with their money they weren’t) and how that settlement had been overturned (no doubt with the application of money) and they’d get it all done in time and it was a great service to society.
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Oct 11
Posted: under Revisions.
Tags: revision October 11th, 2015
So…when did I forget about active verbs, huh? Not completely forget but forget enough to find myself in a thicket of “was carried, was done, was this and was that.” Oh, and pluperfect constructions where they weren’t needed. Also temporal glitches. It helps to keep things in order, except when you intend to have […] [...more]
So…when did I forget about active verbs, huh? Not completely forget but forget enough to find myself in a thicket of “was carried, was done, was this and was that.” Oh, and pluperfect constructions where they weren’t needed. Also temporal glitches. It helps to keep things in order, except when you intend to have them scrambled, right? Right. FIRST they did this, then because that happened they did this other thing, the results of which caused yet another action.
This doesn’t mean I’m down to the fine-combing, really, it’s just that some things stick out and I deal with them then, even if it’s not strictly by my protocol.
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