Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Work Backwards From Your Deadline
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This and other useful tips on wringing the most from your writing time are available courtesy of the Publication Coach.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Thanks to Stefan Blitz and Forces of Geek
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Elmore Leonard's Rules of Writing
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- Never open a book with weather.
- Avoid prologues.
- Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
- Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
- Know that if you're me, anything you write will be made into a movie. Anything. Seriously, anything. (I added this one.)
"If it sounds like writing, I re-write it."
Thursday, May 02, 2013
My Writing Schedule
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1. Get up around 4:45 and write down my goals for 2013, including publishing 3 ebooks on Amazon.com by Dec. 1.
2. Write for an hour before breakfast.
3. Write four to five more hours.
4. Go to the gym.
5. Write another hour.
6. Spend an hour researching the ebook biz.
7. Eat dinner.
8. Watch an hour of reality show crime TV.
9. Go to bed by 9:30.
That's five days a week, with only two hours of writing and one hour of researching on Saturday. On Sunday I clean off my desk, pay the bills, and write out the next week's schedule. I will have three finished ebooks—probably two novellas and a novel—written by Thanksgiving. No one is making me do this. No one is paying me to do this. But there has never been a better time to be an author. Ebooks have changed the publishing landscape. I'm climbing on board before head implants replace the Kindle.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
I Live and Do Things!
Yes, it's true. So many new things. Too many to discuss right now, but soon. If it weren't for those new things, other things would creep up and take their place so I'm grateful. Are home fries the little potato cubes?
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Happy Easter!
I assume no one shows up here anymore and that this blog is more arid than the Mojave. In any case, I have set a task for myself of writing and publishing three ebooks by Dec. 1. My days consists of getting up around 5:00 AM, writing until around noon, off to the gym, then write until about six. Occasionally, paying work interrupts such as this week when I have marketing copy to produce. In addition, animation still lingers as I'm preparing to pitch a number of ideas to Amazon.com's new animation division. Who knows what Amazon will do next? Possibly surgery or cattle insemination. Nevertheless, a Happy Easter to all! (Image: waterfordlibrary.net)
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