Strategies to Fix a Broken Story
There’s four different ideas that I’ve picked up in writing courses, in interactions with other writers, and on the advice of a literary agent.
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The Evolution of a Cover
I am a creative person. I’ve always had creative impulses, and I continually tinker with my creations.
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TAU CETI backstory: The Third World War
TAU CETI opens about a decade after the end of the third world war. Many of the crew of the Santa Maria participated in that war: Jeffery Carter was a submarine, Michelle Patterson was a test pilot…
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The Three Alien Dynasties of TAU CETI
In the soon-to-be released novel TAU CETI, there are four alien species from two of the three dynasties that define the evolution of sentient life in our galaxy.
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Tau Ceti: Cover Reveal and History
Tau Ceti, my first full-length novel is finally seeing the light of day. “Finally” is carrying a lot of weight here, because there’s a long story to tell.
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The Deacon Carver Chronicles – Origins of Character Names
I thought it might be time to start sharing a bit of this universe, where it’s going and who’s taking you there. And I thought it’d be fun to start with character names.
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Dead Not Dead – a Trope that Needs to Die
This article contains spoilers for Jurassic Park, The Rise of Skywalker and The Last Emperox. You’ve been warned. There’s a
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Emperor of the Eight Islands, a review
Lian Hern writes a good tale here, but not a great one. She sets it in a fictional medieval Japan,
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The Many Levels That Dune Can Be Read At
Hey, if you haven’t already read Frank Herbert’s Dune, then: a) Shame on you. And b) I’m going to spoil
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The Martian is NOT a true story (but it could have been)
So the buzz this morning is that a number of people are leaving theatres after seeing The Martian, believing that