Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 |Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 Part 11 | Part 12 I’ve been in modeling hiatus during the summer months as my garage is not air conditioned. But now with Fall here and the temps lower, I… Read More »Building the GCU Sokol Model, Part 6
When I was casting about for the origins of my evil galactic empire, I decided to make them human or at least partially human. What I based them on was a hominid species that had gone extinct on Earth long… Read More »Neanderthals and Votainions
Erre via Compfight The best way to find the big picture flaws of your novel is to let people read it. Not everyone, but a small, subset of everyone. Try and find folks who are not familiar with your work… Read More »Beta Reader Findings
Ronn aka “Blue” Aldaman via Compfight This week I’ve started sending out copies of my second draft of Starforgers to Beta Readers. Beta Readers are an important part of the writing process for me. Not only do they catch some… Read More »Weekly Writing Update
Yesterday I finally finished the first draft of Starveyors. It feels like I’ve been writing this one forever, probably because I started it in January. I will now let it sit for a few weeks before hammering on the second… Read More »First Draft of Starveyors Complete
Ed Yourdon via Compfight If you’ve been following along on my Work In Progress meter for Starveyors you might have wondered why I’m suddenly almost finished. If you look at the end goal, you’ll see that I in fact shortened… Read More »Moving the Goal Posts
Anna Fischer via Compfight I’ve got about 5K words to write to get to the end of Starveyors. I’d like to finish it here in Middle Tennessee and come home with a completed first draft. That may or may not… Read More »Five Thousand Words to Go
Benoît Meunier via Compfight I’m currently writing my fifth novel, Starveyors. It will primarily be an ebook only novel. There will eventually be a paperback version, but most readers will read it and purchase it as an ebook. So it doesn’t… Read More »Ebook Novel Length