New Outline and December Writing Marathon

→  November 25th, 2009  →  Writing Process

Hi Folks,
The first three chapters are typically part of the query letter package for an agent. Concerned that I was getting off-target with the revisions, I threw together the revisions and got some feedback. When I did, I discovered two things:
1) I have created a big. damn. world.
2) My story lost its focus.
I spent some [...]

First Drafts and the Evolution of Argentum

→  April 27th, 2009  →  Writing Process

So if you’ve been following how Argentum has been developing, you’ve probably read a post or two where I describe a little bit about my writing process. Well, this past weekend at OddCon, there were a lot of conversations that I had with other writers about their writing process. When I mentioned I was offering [...]

Why I’m Providing my First Draft and New Chapters!

→  November 16th, 2008  →  Writing Process

A friend of mine told me the other day that I was very brave. When I asked “Why?” he had mentioned that it was because I was posting my rough draft of Argentum.
There are a lot of things that are scary: fires, accidents, hurricanes, death. Is my posting of a draft scary? Well, sure [...]