Tag: writing
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A Quandary
The last time I mentioned my goals, I said I hoped to avoid rewriting my near-future science fiction novel The Century. Unfortunately, over the past few weeks, it’s become clear that’s exactly what it needs. I first began the concept of The Century in 2003. (See my timeline on Facebook.) In 2009, I revisited it,…
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Six-Month Checkup
So here we are, midway through 2012, and it’s time to look back and see how those 2012 writing goals are coming along. (Expect much back-pattery in this post.) Progress on The Ageless My intention was to write three times a week, every week, until my post-apocalyptic science fiction novel The Ageless was done. So…
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Obstacles in Writing
Writing a novel is a strange experience, start to finish. Moments of euphoria — a character does something unexpected, you attain extra depth in a scene with one well-placed word, or a scene is easier to write than you expected — intersperse with moments of disdain — a character’s dialogue falls flat, a scene refuses…