Last night, while working on the rough draft of Devil's Blood 3, I had to reference back to something in the first book, and the second, so I had all three documents open. Sound like a normal, ordinary event, right? Windows 10 has this feature where if you hover your mouse over the Word icon, … Continue reading Woes of a Writer, to a Writer
Category: Writer’s Woes
The Gilded Gauntlet
I've sent my steampunk/adventure/romance novel, The Gilded Gauntlet, to a freelance editor. I'm excited for this novel. It's different than anything I've written before. Eighteen year old Caroline is forced into an engagement with her father’s first mate, but he’s not the gentleman he pretends to be, neither is her father. They're pirates, and they … Continue reading The Gilded Gauntlet
Setting
A story's setting is more than a backdrop against which the story happens. It's the colors that you paint your story with. A setting can influence a story's themes and support it's ideas and characters. With a setting come feelings, impressions, and implications: 2016 New York City: fast, traffic-packed, rush house, diversity, ocean view, sleepless … Continue reading Setting
