I got the manuscript for my next novel back from my editor yesterday. In case you’ve been under a rock, the book is called Tyrmia. Pronounced (Term-eeya). I’ve already suspended work on Starforgers and dived into editing Tyrmia. The plan… Read More »Tyrmia Edits Underway
Yesterday I sketched out some new ideas for the Tyrmia cover. I was mostly concentrating on covers that made use of simple imagery or perhaps just type fonts. One in particular caught my eye, forgive the pun. The idea was… Read More »Tyrmia Cover Revisited
This week I’ve been working hard on the fourth and final Tyrmia draft. I’m about three fourths of the way through it. A few months ago I had some writer friends read the last draft and give me their comments.… Read More »Weekly Writing Update
This month is dedicated to polishing up the 4th draft of my next novel, Tyrmia. I have had a handful of writer friends read and critique the 3rd draft and now I get to sift through their comments and suggestions to make… Read More »Tyrmia Revisited
There is no denying that a lot of thought goes into designing a book cover. From font type to cover art many elements have to converge into a design that makes the reader want to pick it up and that… Read More »Book Cover Thoughts
Yesterday I stumbled upon a classification of Space Opera that I had never heard of – Planetary Romance. It’s basically a Space Opera that confines itself to a single, exotic planet instead of many worlds or deep space. I’ll let… Read More »Planetary Romance
I’m just starting to dive into the Third Draft of my latest WIP – Tyrmia. I have a marked-up draft on paper with all the things I and others have found wrong with Draft Two. I printed it out in… Read More »Tyrmia Update
I’m starting to get some great feedback from my Tyrmia Beta Readers. Already it is clear where I need to start working to make the story better. I should have a decent road map of what to change and what… Read More »Tyrmia Comments and Cover Art
This year I will be releasing three, count them, three Sci-Fi books for general consumption by the reading public. Thus, 2010 is indeed, the year of Sci-Fi, at least for me. Oddly enough, I will not be writing any new… Read More »2010 – Year of Sci-Fi
Here are a few more sketches from last week’s meeting with my graphic designer brother on the cover for Tyrmia. These were sketched by me with more regard to concept than looks. I was attempting to show what the cover… Read More »More Tyrmia Cover Sketches