At 12:01 a.m. on January 24, 2011, the first entrant in the General Fiction category of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest will step into one-half of the ABNA corral. On the other side of a virtual picket fence, the … Continue reading →
Official Rules for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest total almost 12 pages. The document had to have been written by lawyers, or, at the very least, they evaluated every possible legal implication of each word. In spite of that … Continue reading →
Yesterday, my friend and fellow writer Deanna Roy entered a plea for help on facebook. Facing a deadline, she had her query letter ready but couldn’t get the first five sentences of her novel Baby Dust written well enough to … Continue reading →
I would rather hit myself in the thumb with a hammer than try to write a compelling, evocative blurb about my novel. I realize saying that sets me up for a reader to reply, “That would require your novel to … Continue reading →
I love acronyms. Especially pronounceable ones. The attachment probably began when I entered the military, and primarily because I became an aviator. Those of us who fly use discipline-specific acronyms as shortcuts for the same reason any other group does. … Continue reading →
Disclaimer: Posts in the Writer’s Desk Logbook are nothing more than personal observations about my exploration of the fascinating craft of writing. “Grenade in the Room” continues with Part 5: Once again borrowing heavily from Orson Scott Card’s Characters & … Continue reading →
Disclaimer: The Writer’s Desk Logbook is not a podium from which universal truths and profound wisdom flow down to the masses. These posts are nothing more than personal observations about my exploration of the fascinating craft of writing. “Grenade in … Continue reading →
Disclaimer: The Writer’s Desk Logbook is not a podium from which universal truths and profound wisdom flow down to the masses. These posts are nothing more than personal observations about my exploration of the fascinating craft of writing. “Grenade in … Continue reading →
Disclaimer: The Writer’s Desk Logbook is not a podium from which universal truths and profound wisdom flow down to the masses. These posts are nothing more than personal observations about my exploration of the fascinating craft of writing. And for … Continue reading →
As always, let me open with the caveat that this post in no way intends to convince anyone of anything. It’s nothing more than a personal observation regarding exploration of the writer’s craft. “It was a dark and stormy night … Continue reading →
