Writerly Ways

I'm still so damn busy I can't even think so no real writerly ways. However I did sign off on all my rights. I get back no art except maybe Blood Red Roulette. I am going to send another email about that. I'm not surprised. Almost all my art was by Paul Richmond who severed ties with DSP before the shit hit the fan so I expected this. I still have the art and I kept at least one copy of each book so there's that.

I also sent in my save the world story with the lame ass title of Just A LIttle Empathy. It clocked in at almost 7K but I'm really happy to get it out there. Upon rereading it I don't think it's as bad as I originally thought but I'm still not sure of it.

I need to find that website with the person who does a spreadsheet of SF/F/Horror I can't remember where I put the url nor which of you told me about it.


Back in the day before yahoo/gmail etc got better filters I used to get the most hilarious of spam emails. I'd get great place names and NPC names too. One of my favorites was the Frosty Barbarian. I still need to use that. Anyhow today I got this absolutely elaborate spam on Livejournal and it reminded me of that type of inspiration.

( see the spam under here )

Okay sure I'll get right on that. But there is a potential for a story in that.


So on to the links

From around the web

Scrivener: My Three-year Review.

How Editing Software Helps Improve Your Manuscript


Train Yourself To Be A Writer

The Indisputable Facts of Self Promotion


Editing – My Journey Through Publication

From Betty

How to Make Your Character’s Choices More Difficult

15 Ways Authors Support Each Other on Social Media

How To Create A Writing Space


Using Conflict to Build Tension

Failure, Conflict, and Character Arc

How to Talk About Dark Stories.

18 Ways for Protagonists to Contribute

Five Steps for Adding Character Complexity.

The Problem With Multiple Viewpoints

Writing in the library is wonderful (I write in the library often)

How to raise the stakes in a novel