Why I hate travelogues in fiction
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I’ve started to read my writing aloud as I rewrite it. It’s one of those things I don’t know why I’ve not been doing all along. Both perceptive audience members at my readings and the amazing Critical Mass writers group advised me to try it. It helps. As I think I’ve mentioned (although I can’t find [...] As I’ve said before, my biggest barrier to achieving my dream – which is to write as many of the stories inside me as vividly and well as I can before I die, and entertain and delight you and the world – is the compulsion to get it right the first time. No doubt for some [...] One of the key writing skills I’ve learned in the last year or so is how to incorporate scenes I’ve already written as I write. Yes, I’ve been a professional writer, almost exclusively full-time, for thirty-five years now. And I’m still learning important new skills. I have not served my craft well all the time, nor [...] When I draw the sting from the act of writing, I’ll liberate myself to truly advance my craft, and write both the quality and quantity I should. Last night I couldn’t sleep. Couldn’t get comfortable. Mind freewheeled. Finally I bagged it and got up. But despite my mind’s overactivity I felt too mentally unfocused to write. So [...] I’m reading James Rollins’ Black Order, and it’s been a bit of a trial. I have to say it’s sloppily written, showing distinct signs of being a first draft that was sent in unread. And the author goes into greater detail on weapons than he has the actual knowledge to, and you know that tweaks [...] Yesterday was Critical Mass day. I love writers group. I always learn a bunch. After a post-session dinner at a nice Thai restaurant downtown I’d not been to before we got to discussing Classics Illustrated Comics. Turned out a lot of us grew up on them. Small surprise, I suspect. Turned out we also largely shared [...] Randolph Carter* of Grinding to Valhalla interviews me on Wild Cards, gaming, and the craft of writing. Results are pretty good, think I. Please give it a look and, should you feel moved, pass it on. And speaking of Wild Cards … over on his Not A Blog blog, That American Tolkien Guy reveals the [...] I’ve always been pretty secretive about my writing. Basically, I’ve always had a lot of self-doubt in the area. Big surprise, huh? Here’s another: since I signed onto Twitter perhaps a month ago I’ve wasted a fair amount of time on Tweeting. But during the terminal phase of the draft of The Dinosaur Lords, as in just [...] As I near The End, it becomes so.
Teenage dinosaur gang dies trapped in mudflat. It’s pure avoidance behavior. I know that. There’s that within me, as there is within all of us, that wants very badly for me not to succeed. There’s also that within me that shies away from the load of [...] |
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