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Today’s Cyphacon Panel Schedule: Friday, 04/17/15
Here is today’s panel schedule for CyphaCon in Lake Charles, LA: Friday: 6:00 PM World Building (Main Panel) 9:00 PM How to Enjoy a Scary Story (Room 2)
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/24/15
The problem with conventions: the older you get, the longer it takes to get over them. Last night’s thirty minute nap after work turned into four hours. To put it mildly, that “power nap” severely cut into my writing time. … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary 03/18/15 to 03/19/15
Sorry for missing a post yesterday. Things are going a mile a minute around here. I’ve made some interesting discoveries about writing: It’s hard to write when you work two hours of overtime two days in a row. Between leaving … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/16/15
I’ve been trying to do more of my edits without actually printing the page out and writing on it. Part of me thinks this most save time because I’m not writing down the changes and then typing be them into … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/15/15
“What is the purpose of this scene?” That is the most important question an author can ask while editing. Why is the scene there? Does it add any value to the work as a whole? Rambling and getting too involved … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/14/15
Ah the joys of the second draft. During yesterday’s writing sessions, I discovered that Chapter 4 was 20 pages long and 5,000 words. A lot of it was dialogue. Yeah, that’s not going to work in a pulp novel… The … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/13/15
I love it when I figure out how to solve a problem in one section of the story using something from another section. Case in point: I have had a bit of a problem with a key character who gets … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/10/15 to 03/12/15
I apologize for the lack of posts. I tend to write them on my phone during my morning walk to work, but that didn’t happen for the past three days. I’ve been working on the urban fantasy pulp novella every … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/09/15
Last night’s writing session was an exercise–no, a battle–of desire. Basically my will and my brain/body went to war. My will was fully determined to finish the 2nd round of edits in Chapter One of my urban fantasy pulp novella. … Continue reading
M. B. Weston’s Writing Diary: 03/08/15
Ediring the second draft of a novel or novella is like trying to sculpt a block of play-doh the size of a football field… With a scalpel… Urgh. That’s where I am right now. The glorious second draft, trying to … Continue reading
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