The dictionary defines a scene as a place where an incident occurs, or a sequence of continuous action in a play movie opera or book. I would go farther and say a scene is the basic building block of a…
A Word About Chapters
What is a chapter? The dictionary says it is the main division of a book. That’s true as far as it goes. In nonfiction, it holds a particular subtopic of the work. It’s a logical thing in that case. In…
Tagged with: chapter length, chapter number, chapters, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Feline Freedom League Mission Report
From: Agent Molly To: Mr. Whiskers Date: 6 September 2020 Subject: Mission Report I must say I am disappointed by the lack of support from headquarters. I needed to find opportunities to research some terms. I believed the terms meant…
Tagged with: Cat, Cat Fiction, cats, feline, Feline Fiction, Feline Freedom League, FFL, fiction
Posted in Feline Freedom League Report
Posted in Feline Freedom League Report
A Word About Setting
All stories take place somewhere. The action needs some place to happen which is where the setting comes in. Your basic horror story always takes place in remote places because it wouldn’t work anywhere else. For example, The Shining takes…
Tagged with: description, setting, settings, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
A Word About Plots
A plot is a road map which is the simple way to explain it. No matter how convoluted a story-line may get with twists and turns like driving through a mountain range, each scene leads the reader to the denouement.…
Tagged with: plot types, plots, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Writing Schedule
If you’re like me, you have multiple books in progress at once. I have two novels I am revising. Another two which are almost ready to publish, and two in development. This is in addition to my daily journal where…
Tagged with: time management, writing, writing schedule, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Feline Freedom League August Report
From: Agent To: Mr. Whiskers Date: 2 August, 2020 Subject: Mission Report I’m not sure what I am doing wrong. Agents Probie and Skittlebutt are not as helpful as I had hoped they would be. I was top of my…
Tagged with: Cat, Cat Fiction, cats, feline, Feline Fiction, Feline Freedom League, FFL, fiction
Posted in Feline Freedom League Report
Posted in Feline Freedom League Report
Beyond The Rocks pt. 3
A frown settled over his features as he turned to survey my hut. “This is unacceptable,” he told me with a haughty demeanor. “A mile up the beach, turn inland. My home is there, which is where you will tend…
Beyond The Rocks Part 2
The tide moved out, leaving the cave floor soaked, but navigable. The receding water, was my signal to slip off my rock shelf, I made my way to the ground. The jagged stones jutting out into the sea were clear…
- Accidental colony now available at Amazon.com
- Books I have Published
- Check out my Facebook page
Check out my novel, The Accidental Colony — It's the story of a group of scientists fighting for survival.
- Discuss
FCIS: The Tricolor Killer is now available on Smashwords
- follow me on Twitter
- Get Inspired
- Get Polling
- Get Support
- Learn WordPress.com
- Look for eBooks at Smashwords
- My eBooks (except Kindle) are available through my smashwords page or online bookstores everywhere
- The Accidental Colony is now availble in Print edition through CreateSpace
- The Christmas Book available in print now
- The Christmas Book available now at Smashwords
- WordPress Planet
- WordPress.com News
