As my latest book is being cut apart by my editor, I’ve been slowly building up a Scrivener file for the next book.
I’ve also been reading books on artificial intelligence.
I’m saving my notes in Scrivener, so they can be within reach while I actually write the novel.
One research book I had to read was a book on how to write a novel in Scrivener.
If you are picking up and using Scrivener for the first time, you should read David Hewson’s ebook.
Here is a list of what I’ve been reading:
Understanding Artificial Intelligence (Science Made Accessible) The editors of Scientific American
The Emotion Machine – Marvin Minsky
The Age of the Spiritual Machine – Ray Kurzweil
On Intelligence – Sandra Blakeslee and Jeff Hawkins
Physics of the Impossible – Michio Kaku
The Predictioneer’s Game – Bruce Bueno De Mesquita
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and… – Michael Shermer
Uncertainty – David Lindley
Rooted in the Land: Essays on Community and Place – William Vitek and Wes Jackson
I won’t make it through all of these books, but I will plow through enough to help me form a decent plot for Starveyors, the final Star Trilogy book.