It's not my fault. The beautiful weather we've been having around these parts fooled me. I didn't realize that National Novel Writing Month is just six days away. Except for the beautiful colored leaves, it doesn't even feel like fall, much less like almost-November. I haven't prepared at all. So, fair warning, folks. I am … Continue reading It’s not my fault…
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Wormholes and Time Travel: Savvy Authors Blog
Today my second contribution to Savvy Authors reprises thoughts published last month on this blog, with a bit more focus on how writers can navigate the time-travel demands of our profession. Here's an excerpt: As the omniscient author, or at least one who’s trying to pretend I know what’s going on, I seek wormholes, or … Continue reading Wormholes and Time Travel: Savvy Authors Blog
A real-life guide to time-travel and wormholes
For this first post on Fictional Lessons for an All-Too-Real Life, I started with a piece I worked on for the Savvy Authors blog. It’s about how the writing process creates time warps, and how to navigate them. As I wrote, it occurred to me that it might not be the writing process that creates … Continue reading A real-life guide to time-travel and wormholes
Stories of luck, life, and love
This month kicks off two new features here on Point No Point: Thirteen Good Luck Stories, on the 13th of each month, and Fictional Lessons for All-Too-Real Life, on the 30th of each month. "Every day, good luck comes in the strangest of ways." This line from a song by British singer-songwriter-slide guitar master Chris … Continue reading Stories of luck, life, and love
The heart of your story
This month, my contribution to the Writers' Vineyard is about finding the heart of your story. Not just the story you want to publish, but the story you want to live: If we focus on what is essential about ourselves as writers, we can let the rest go. Follow all the suggestions and feedback we … Continue reading The heart of your story
Shared Whispers Haiku
To celebrate the official release this week of Shared Whispers, a collection of fifteen terrific stories of romance, mystery, adventure, and fantasy, by Champagne Books, I did a nerdy thing. I worked the titles into four haiku. They are imperfect, and I'd love to see if any of you can create more beautiful poems from … Continue reading Shared Whispers Haiku
The spirituality of goats, and Elmore Leonard
I love goats. It's entirely abstract, this love of mine, because I've never owned or had to care for an actual goat. I've met a few, scratched their funny goat ears, and been slightly unnerved by their spooky goat eyes. I love that they can bring to mind the devil and unchecked lust, or they can … Continue reading The spirituality of goats, and Elmore Leonard
Coming Soon – Shared Whispers from CBG
Last winter, a group of talented authors conspired to create an anthology of tales of romance, mystery, and adventure, and offered it to our readers directly. Now, Champagne Book Group is preparing to release Shared Whispers as one of their titles. On September 3, Shared Whispers will be available to readers everywhere from CBG, Amazon, … Continue reading Coming Soon – Shared Whispers from CBG
Death, Heaven, God, and Sci-Fi
In the last couple of weeks I've experienced two descriptions of powerful mystical visions of death, heaven, and God: one from the Catholic church, and one from Robert Heinlein. I attended a funeral mass at a church run by Carmelite brothers, the same week I finished reading Heinlein's Job: A Comedy of Justice. While they … Continue reading Death, Heaven, God, and Sci-Fi
Breaking news: “You, Jane” gets a contract!
You read it here first, friends - You, Jane, the novel I began as my first NaNoWriMo experience back in 2010, just received a contract offer from Champagne Book Group. The planned release date is next April, 2014. You, Jane, is the tale of a woman whose ability to write stories that come true in … Continue reading Breaking news: “You, Jane” gets a contract!
Elizabeth Fountain, Author 