Overview Superstars Writing Seminars (SSWS) 2022 was this past week. It ran from Wednesday, February 9th through Saturday, February 12th. I was there for all four days, and it was the best writing conference I've ever attended. That's saying quite a bit. Between 8 years of Pikes Peak Writers Conferences, [...]
In case you've missed the news on my mailing list, I want to drop a quick note here to let everyone in on two news items. The first is that I'm serializing a sword & sorcery novel (Dark Blessing) on a platform called Royal Road. You can see it listed [...]
An interesting thing about stress, especially self-imposed stress. I desperately wanted to get a new novel finished by Pikes Peak Writers Conference, so I'd have something fresh to pitch to the various agents/editors in attendance. To pull this off, I'd have to write about 1200 words a day, every day [...]
I've started work on a new sword & sorcery series. I have a map of the city. I have back story of the city. I have scant character outlines. I know how the two protagonists met. I've worked up key side characters and vital locations. I've outlined the plot of [...]
I had set a deadline of Sept. 30th for finishing the map for the Egan & Stiles stories. As of last night, it's done. You can see a small version of my efforts below. Click the image to enlarge. Map of the City of Mesnick You'll probably notice [...]
I think I figured out why I'm in such a writing slump. I've not set a deadline for my writing in a long time. Yes, I've had Day Job deadlines, and PPW Contest deadlines, but I've not had any hard dates set for when I want a piece of prose [...]
I'm really sorry for the month-long radio silence you've had to endure. I've been head down in a large project for Pikes Peak Writers. That project has more-or-less come to a close for now. The web site for The Zebulon Writing Contest is now launched, and I can rejuvenate my [...]
As you guys can tell, my muse has forced me down a path to where I'm starting a new series. For those of you that know me, you know that I'm a serious world builder. It'll probably be 2-3 months before I actually outline the first story for Egan and [...]
