2014 Review
Well, now, its the end of the year, and thus time to take stock on what i have done to accomplish my writing and related goals for 2014. Achievements can be be summarized as “Mixed”. I did finish the first Read More …
Year: 2014
Merreth’s Villains
Good villains are difficult to create and I have been working diligently on several for Merreth. I’ve been fortunate in that several artists are taken enough with Lady Merreth and her world that they have depicted several of them for Read More …
Fan Art
I am both pleased and humbled that Lady Merreth is sufficiently popular that some people want to create fan art of her, particularly so as the first novel — Western Watch is only in the second draft stage. Yacermino is Read More …
Planning & Plotting — Beat Sheets and the Hero’s Journey
It’s been hot here on BC’s Sunshine coast and I took full advantage of the weather for six days of rest and relaxation. Here’s a picture of the view from my “office” over the last week. Today we are going Read More …
Scene Analysis with Statistics
Some time ago I published an article on using Excel to maintain a master scene list for my novel. The spreadsheet recorded items such as Scene number, time of day, characters involved, scene synopsis, point of view character and the Read More …
First Draft Complete!
Huzzah! It is finally done! My first draft of Western Watch — Lady Merreth’s first novel — is now complete. it was a long slog. I started it in 2009 and really only became serious about writing it to completion Read More …
An Artist Worth Commissioning
Shame on me. It has been a while since my last post. However, I have been writing, so I have an excuse. Sort of. In this post I’m going to write about an artist. I’d like to introduce you to Read More …
First Draft End in Sight
I am almost there. Chapter 32 is finished and has been sent off to SYoshiko for a quick read. Then it will be submitted to my writers’ groups for their coldly objective review. I have just one more chapter and Read More …
Fan Art!
I’ve mentioned before that I have a page on Deviant Art (DA). For those of you who are unfamiliar with Deviant Art, think of it as Facebook (sort of) for artists. Despite the name it is not devoted to the Read More …
The Making of a Sketch
I recently commissioned new artist whose style I liked. Her name on the Deviant Art web site is Lithana-Stia. Commissioning an artist to render your character typically involves some “back and forth” as: You send the artist your concept for Read More …
