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Category: research

  • Reality Sometimes Hurts…

    So… FP Dorchak lauded my awesomeness on his page. I guess that means I’ll have to name a character in a book after him or something. I suppose Frank Dorchak could be a criminal mastermind somewhere in my steampunk series. Or maybe an engineer. Ooo… there’s a kid in the second one I was thinking…

  • Pondering Front Matter (3)

    Last one – I promise. I just thought folks might be interested in the verbage of what I came up with for my junk. That and I also uncovered the fact that some authors are now trying to move as much of the “front matter” as possible to the back, in order to get through…

  • Pondering Front Matter (2)

    MWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! And you thought I was done pontificating. Nah. I need fodder for posting. And the research and writing my own portions didn’t take as long as it did to write the last post, but to put everything I felt worthy posting about in a post meant for one really long post or a couple…

  • An Apology

      This is a maudlin’ post, very indirectly related to writing, so if you’d like to skip it, I totally understand. *** Time gives one perspective. Experience gives one insight. Experience makes for great writing fodder, because you can look back at all the people you knew over the years and re-diagnose their hang-ups while…

  • Pondering Front Matter

    So, the other day writing productivity went to crap. I had to wait for the plumber, wait for a friend to show up to pick up an old dresser I didn’t need, pack the car with dance props I’d made for Sara’s dance studio and… well, you know… stuff. With a day like this, I…

  • Finding Help

    A common piece of advice given to writers is to ask questions of professionals in the field – if you’re writing a story about a woman who works in an animal sanctuary, then you find an animal sanctuary and ask questions. “People love to talk about what they do. Tell them you’re a writer and…