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
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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
A vision
Here's an excerpt from the new story I'm working on, called "Some Old Ideas." Written from the perspective of the main character, Brian. (Um, note to any Brian or Danny I might know in real life: any resemblance to any real person is completely coincidental. I swear.) The two things that changed my life happened … Continue reading A vision
The high of a new idea
After such a good experience working with fellow Champagne Books authors on the romance anthology, Shared Whispers, I jumped at the chance to participate again - this time a science fiction collection, planned for publication sometime this summer. It means I need to come up with a new idea, and a chance to use some … Continue reading The high of a new idea
Stuff
Here's a link to a piece I wrote for The Writer's Vineyard, a blog for authors at Champagne Books (the group who will publish my novel next spring). It's about the ways we all travel through time even though we're not characters in a science fiction story (or are we?). It's also this week's Project … Continue reading Stuff