Starlog

  • Lesson Fourteen from a Manuscript Red Line: Keeping inside the Point Of View, Part 2

    For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Rejection, or a Gold Mine?  You can also look under “Rant Worthy Topics” in my right navigation bar.  Choose “Gold Mine Manuscript” to see all the lessons to date. Lesson Thirteen talked about making sure we only see what… Read more

  • 15 second trailers. Don’t laugh. They are worse than a query.

    I’ve been spending a lot of time on Instagram. It’s been great talking books with readers.  Tons of fun. But of course, I’m also there to mention my book once in a while. Mostly this is with pictures of my book, or with snappy memes. But I’ve also started enjoying 15 second or less mini-trailers.… Read more

  • My resolution is bigger than your resolution

    It’s that time of year where everyone is making resolutions. In most cases, I don’t so much make resolutions, as much as I make plans.  One of these “plans” though, smacked me in the face. In 2013, I read 21 books. Oddly enough, without even trying, I also read 21 books in 2014. So when… Read more

  • Lesson Thirteen from a Manuscript Red Line: Keeping inside the Point Of View, Part 1

    For an intro into where these tips are coming from, please see my post: A Full Manuscript Rejection, or a Gold Mine?  You can look under “Rant Worthy Topics” in my right navigation bar.  Choose “Gold Mine Manuscript” to see all the lessons to date. I used to slip out of my POV all the… Read more

  • Second Trailer for FIRE IN THE WOODS, From David’s Point Of View

    Since I seem to be on this Friday Vlog kick, I figured I’d show off another piece of “exclusive content” I created for one of the vlog appearances.  This is a teaser trailer told from David’s point of view. And in case you have not seen the actual trailer for FIRE IN THE WOODS, here… Read more

  • Looking back at 2014. Wow, what a year for me!

    It was quite a year for me writing wise. I came into 2014 having queried FIRE IN THE WOODS for quite some time, and I had pretty much decided that the dystopian I was finishing up would probably be my debut novel. I had three more publishers on my bucket list to send FIRE to,… Read more