Found this list of book related Web sites covering such topics as book reviews, publishing, exchanges and discussions. I’m already using a few of them, namely Librarything.com and Google Books. If you know of any others not on this list, let me know.
Filed under: Creative Writing on January 8th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m still working on getting a new short story posted to my site. I’m nearly half-way through editing the first draft now. Then, I’ll post it to Critique Circle, and once I have feedback from other readers, it will go through a few more cycles of editing and revising until it’s ready. Critique Circle’s website […]
Filed under: Short Stories, Short Fiction, Creative Writing on November 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
WEbook is an online book publishing company that fosters an environment for writers, editors, reviewers, artists, and readers to come together to meet, write and collaborate on works of fiction and non-fiction, short stories, essays, and more. WEbook is a place for creative writing groups, aspiring novelists, and readers who want to dicuss and discover […]
Filed under: Publishing, Writing Resources, Fiction, Creative Writing on September 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nine.frenchboys.net - An interesting site with all kinds of random generators, including:
Medieval Name Generator
Fantasy Name Generator
Character Description Generator
Place Name Generator
City Generator
Stronghold Creator
Fantasy Place Name Generator
Fantasy Novel Titles
Plot Twist Generator
And more …
Some of these could be good starting points for writing exercises.
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Writing Resources, Fiction, Fantasy, Creative Writing on September 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
It seems that writing dialogue would come naturally to everyone — as naturally as speaking — but writing and speaking are two very different things. The difficulty in writing good dialogue comes with making your dialogue sound like natural speech, but avoiding all of those “uhs” and “you knows” that make up everyday, normal conversation.
There […]
Filed under: Writing Tips, Novel, Creative Writing on September 2nd, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve posted a new short story in the writing section of my site. The Sea-Ghost is historical fiction set in early 13th century medieval England. The story follows a knight and his squire in route to Wales by boat. They are traveling to Wales in order to join their lord, Earl William de Longespée, and King John’s […]
Filed under: Short Fiction, Short Stories, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Creative Writing on August 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Over the weekend, I went back and edited one of my works of short fiction. I’ve submitted it to a couple of critique group sites for review: www.critiquecircle.com and www.writerscafe.org.
Critique Circle is a great online group for peer reviewing. The majority of the reviewers really take the time to read and critique your stories. The […]
Filed under: Short Fiction, Creative Writing on July 10th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Two armies face off across an open field. You’ve set the scene; the battle is about to begin, but what do you do now? How do you capture the chaos and frenzy of hand-to-hand combat on paper? Do you try to gather a sweeping panorama of the battle from an omniscient narrator’s point-of-view, pulling back […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Writing Tips, Novel, Creative Writing on July 3rd, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I finished typing up the third revision to my novel last week. I think it will take at least two more revisions — though not as time consuming as the first three — to get the novel to a point where I can start shopping it around to agents. Revision is such an important part […]
Filed under: Novel, Creative Writing on June 9th, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I haven’t been able to post to my blog much lately, or read and post to others’ blogs as much as I would like, as I’ve been really trying to finish up the 3rd/4th draft of my novel (my day job has kept me extremely busy also). I’m currently in the process of going through […]
Filed under: Novel, Creative Writing on May 28th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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