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Writing Progress Report – Third Quarter 2024
Progress Report – Third Quarter 2024 How was third quarter 2024 for writing? So I spent third quarter 2024 writing new short stories. Also, I spent time seriously considering the final Obolonk trilogy and its plot. Third Quarter 2024 Posted Works First of all, I worked on a number of new short stories. A lot of these had been drafted on paper and so I spent some time editing them. Current shorter…
RIP NaNoWriMo
Damn, damn, damn. RIP NaNoWriMo. I loved you for a long time. Now, you're barely a shell of your former self, ashes of burned paper. https://janetgershen-siegel.com/rip-nanowrimo/
Dammit. So, have you heard the latest, about how NaNo has essentially shot themselves in the foot, again? This one is harder to forgive than the community management debacle. And so, I am drawing a line in the sand (finally, I suppose). Sorry, but RIP NaNoWriMo. Why Would I Ever Say RIP NaNoWriMo? And Why Now? I’ll start from the semi-beginning. NaNoWriMo was fun and cute and kinda wholesome.…
Writing Progress Report – Second Quarter 2024
Progress Report –Second Quarter 2024 How was second quarter 2024 for writing? So I spent second quarter 2024 writing and editing a ton of short stories. But I am also looking for work. So, that takes precedence. Second Quarter 2024 Posted Works First of all, I worked on a number of new short stories. A lot of these had been drafted on paper and so I spent some time editing them. Then on Wattpad I…
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Self-Review – Eros vs. Thanatos
Review – Eros vs. Thanatos In part, I admit I wrote Eros vs. Thanatos to get out of having to come up with a whole new plot for NaNoWriMo 2024. But it was also because I wanted to give Peri Martin a better fleshed-out backstory. And, I wanted to really show Charlie Hollis alive. This helps to give more dimension to her character and the Obolonk universe as a whole. Background One great part of…
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Self-Review – Unreliable
Review – Unreliable My decision to write Unreliable wasn’t just based on the fact that it would be a lot easier than coming up with a new plot for NaNoWriMo 2023, heh. It was also because I wanted to correct a lot of the issues in Untrustworthy. I was also glad to be able to add to the Untrustworthy universe, and fill it out a lot more. Background Tathrelle really had no childhood in…
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Self-Review – The East Side of the Universe
Review – The East Side of the Universe While I will admit one reason I wrote the East Side of the Universe was to get out of having to come up with a whole new plot for NaNoWriMo in 2022, there were other reasons for it. One was to address a few issues with Ceilidh, particularly concerning why and how she would be so eager to leave behind Ballyvaughan and everything she knew. Another was because,…
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Self-Review – The Dust Between Our Stars
Review – The Dust Between Our Stars I wrote The Dust Between Our Stars, in part, to kind of get out of having to come up with a whole new plot for NaNoWriMo in 2022. But there is a lot more to this story than that. I also found, after I was done with Time Addicts, that I really liked the Hawthorne family. But I had no real way to write about them again. And then I realized—the original history…
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Writing Progress Report – First Quarter 2024
Progress Report – First Quarter 2024 How was first quarter 2024 for writing? So I spent first quarter 2024 writing short stories. So there was that… First Quarter 2024 Posted Works First of all, I worked on a number of new short stories. These were all drafted on paper and so I spent some time writing and editing them. Then on Wattpad I posted nowhere, as I have quit the ambassador program…
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Do You Have Enough Spoons? Do I?
How Many Are Enough Spoons, Anyway? Relatively recently, I wrote about not having enough spoons to query my work, get it to beta readers, and so on. But what the heck does that all mean? The concept of spoons, and having enough of them, is a shorthand way of referring to mental energy. That is, does a person (you, perhaps) have the emotional strength do perform certain tasks, or any tasks at…
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Character Review — Rachel Gifford
Consider Rachel Gifford, One of My Original Characters So, who is Rachel Gifford? The wealthy head of one of the biggest robotics companies in the Solar System, Rachel’s got … issues. But money can’t buy her solutions, not really—she wants action. Where Did Rachel Gifford Come From? In order to get anywhere, the antagonist had to have access to money. I also needed a motive for them. Enter…
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Hot or Cold, Rough or Smooth, Hard or Soft—Tactile Cues in Writing
So, is your book running hot or cold? Hot or Cold and Other Touch Cues Touch is a somewhat complex sense because it can evoke temperature, pressure, and our experience of surfaces—often at the same time. Your readers are already feeling your book in their hands or on their Kindle or phone, or feeling their computer thrum if they’re reading on a laptop or a desktop. But how do you get them to feel…
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Disgusting vs Delicious—Taste Cues in Writing
Are the tastes in your prose disgusting or delicious? It does matter, you know. Tastes: Disgusting vs Delicious or In Between? As writers, we may sometimes forget to add any sense cues beyond vision and sound. But there’s more to life than just those two. How much of the tastes of things do you put into your prose? So, let’s look at adding tastes to your prose. Food, Glorious Food! It’s pretty…
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Mixing a Score in Words and Music—Sound Cues in Writing
Let’s consider words and music in writing. Sound and Fury, Full of Words and Music, Signifying, Well, What, Exactly? Of course, our books are full of words! Otherwise, they would be picture books. And not very good picture books, to boot! Because even picture books for the newest reader will have some sort of verbiage in them. Words and What They Do In Your Writing I have blogged a lot about…
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Aroma vs Odor or Stench—Olfactory Cues in Writing
Well, which one is it, when you’re considering aroma vs odor or stench in your writing? How Choosing Aroma vs Odor or Stench Affects Your Writing I can’t recall where I read this (and it may have just been in a Facebook group on writing), but using three or more senses can really get your readers into the story. It’s a lot more intimate than just sketching. For many of us, the visuals and the…
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Hairstyles and Costumes—Visual Cues in Writing
What do hairstyles and costumes really have to do with writing? Hairstyles and Costumes and How They Can Help Your Readers Out Now, you may very well be thinking that this kind of stuff doesn’t, truly matter. So what if a character wears shorts or jeans? How could it matter if they wear their hair down, or in a ponytail? A lot more than you may think. Let’s start with clothes. Clothes Maketh the…
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Set Dressing—Visual Cues in Writing
Let’s Steal from Film and Talk About Set Dressing in Writing Er, okay, you may be thinking. But just what is set dressing? According to PluralSight, Set dressing is a term that comes from theater and film and entails decorating a particular set with curtains and furniture, filling shelves and generally making it look real and lived-in. So, just like you have pictures on your walls or a chair with…
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Character Review — Olga Nicolaev
Consider Olga Nicolaev, One of My Original Characters So, who is Olga Nicolaev? For Mettle to work, Eleanor Braverman (an Alzheimer’s patient) had to have a caregiver. Because just letting her loose wouldn’t work. And because tying down Noah wouldn’t serve the plot. Enter Olga. Where Did Olga Nicolaev Come From? So you see, I had to have her. Because creating a character with Alzheimer’s means…
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