It’s raining pretty hard in the city of Huntsville today. I woke to the sound of my phone blaring a severe weather alert. “OMG MAYBE POSSIBLY FLASH FLOOD YOU NEED TO BE AWAKE FOR THIS” it yelled at me, and it took everything I had not to throw it against the wall. It was raining … Continue reading
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Structuring The Dragon
I’ve finally been getting some inspiration to get going on the next installment of the Archetype series – The Dragon. (Lovingly codenamed Russian Guyovitch.) Pictured here is my plotting sheet, before I start filling it out with events (so there are no spoilers, haha). I like having titles for each of my three acts, which, … Continue reading
Acid-Colored Glasses – Lessons from Dr. Horrible
I’ve been thinking a lot about Dr. Horrible’s Singalong Blog and what makes it so great. Here’s one of those things, which I’m hoping to incorporate into my own writing: characters with blinders on. If you haven’t seen Dr. Horrible, do yourself a favor and go watch it right now. It’s on Netflix instant. Then … Continue reading
Remedial scheduling
Serious, debilitating writer’s block the last several days. Wheeeeeeee I have GOT to come up with something to knock me out of this rut. Historically I’ve often done better writing when I’m not at home – but this is difficult to accomplish during the week, as there are few places in Huntsville that are sit-at-your-laptop-for-hours … Continue reading
Baby steps, sir. Baby steps.
I was afraid this would happen. I’ve spent too long in edit/publish mode, and now that I’m trying to use July (and Camp NaNoWriMo) to jumpstart the alpha draft of The Dragon, my fingers are stalling. Writing really is a habit that you can’t let yourself get out of. Big duh, right? I’ve heard variations … Continue reading
Aine Crabtree 