Since not everyone uses Scrivener, I thought I’d make the text available to the masses by blogging the template here. This is a text version of the character sketch/bio worksheet, the result of crawling the internet and tweaking different versions. This one has everything. Note: You don’t have to fill out each line …
Know the rules before you break them! Created with Scrivener 2.6 Mac Template Version 1.2 Thanks to the assistance of Instagram user writerlydosageofinspiration—an effort by Lelia Strong at The Writer’s Block—the 30 Days/30 Chapters pages, as found somewhere in the NaNoWiMo forums, I was able to get my hands on …
This afternoon the Memoir app alerted me to the fact that I announced to the world one year ago today (right here on my site) that I would be writing GALAXY. A year later, I still haven’t published anything, and I’ve only made a few blog updates about the story…but …
Bending The Iron by Libby Drew My rating: 4 of 5 stars Sometimes I forget how quickly short stories move along – and this one certainly speeds down the tracks! Michael and Eric are thrown into an exciting heated summertime passion that twists and turns through the countryside of their …
Mark and Tony by L.B. Gregg My rating: 4 of 5 stars What a crazy story! L.B. Gregg painted vivid characters that jumped off the page and grabbed attention. The story kept me wondering what shenanigans would unfold in the ridiculous drama of Mark and his ex, Jamie. Tony moves …
Between the Stars and Sky by David James My rating: 5 of 5 stars Words. Good authors know how to use them. Great authors wield them with striking ease. You can spot it when you read a written work; the writing reveals the caliber of its author when the arrangement of words …
Icecapade by Josh Lanyon My rating: 3 of 5 stars Robert Cuffe is such a prick! I can’t tell you why because that would ruin the story, but OMG wow. If some guy did that to me, I’d have shut him down immediately. Then again, if I had a mad …
Back-story Plots Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on some important back-story plots for my space opera novel Galaxy. These key plots may or may not make it into the published novel because they serve only to help me set a believable stage for the reader when they enter the story. Below …
What a fun and easy-to-read short story! Set in Cornwall during the holiday-season break from university, this story revolves around college-aged Jago and his sexy crush, Will. Although they’ve had an involved and romantic past, Jago isn’t sure what’s in store for their future—except that he knows he wants Will …