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Making sacrifices: the 80/20 rule and getting Blood Dawn back on track
This week, I made a radical shift in how I work to reclaim the weekend writing time that I’d maintained for 15 months, every week, while I was writing the draft for Blood Dawn. Ever since 2016 began, I’ve been … Continue reading
The Last World Builders 2.0 — John Robin
At long last, World Builder 2.0, which has run for the last 2 months, comes to an end. To cap it all off, I thought I’d take my own medicine. What follows is a short piece about the world of … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Dawn, epic fantasy, Fantasy World, John Robin, world building
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Watch the videos that make up the fan trailer
Many of you have seen the great Blood Dawn fan video (if you haven’t, click here to watch it now – it’s amazing!). In this video, several Inkshares authors talk about what they love about Blood Dawn. However, the fan … Continue reading
Not a Series: Looking beyond Blood Dawn
Starting this weekend, you can look forward to a blog post from me every Saturday. For those who subscribe to my newsletter, you can keep up on my behind-the-scenes updates, but starting April I’d like to share more here on … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Dawn, blood dawn sequel, epic fantasy, not a series
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A video trailer for Blood Dawn is out!
The title says it all, and here it is. Watch this video before you read any further. It’s only 2 minutes long. So, what do you think? If that video got you excited about Blood Dawn, then why not wander … Continue reading
World builders and a busy month writing
This last month has been so busy, between continued progress on Blood Dawn and the increasing complexity of balancing my evolving narrative and all the notes that go with it and editing projects. (I’ve edited six books in the last … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Dawn, epic fantasy writers, John Robin, world building, world building methods
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May 2015: A Novel Taking Shape and Anticipating the Mountains Beyond
I was excited last month to share a crowdfunding publishing opportunity with the traditional-Indie hybrid company, Inkshares, for what will be my debut novel, Blood Dawn. Here we are now into May and I’m beginning a series of countdowns each … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Dawn, crowdfunding publishing, epic fantasy books, Inkshares
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April 11, 2016: A deadline for Blood Dawn
April 11, 2016. That is my new deadline for Blood Dawn, thanks to some exciting correspondence with Jeremy Thomas at Inkshares, a hybrid traditional-independent publishing model I became aware of last summer through Writer’s Digest. Inkshares is one of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Dawn, epic fantasy, epic fantasy novels, Inkshares, John Robin debut
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April 2015: Writing slow and the substance-structure paradox
Last month I talked about the great Author Accelerator program and how it’s changed my writing method for the better. This month I thought I’d follow up on a related aspect to being part of the program, namely, the benefit … Continue reading
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Tagged Blood Dawn, discovery writer, John Robin, outline writer, plotter versus pantser, writing methods
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The advantage of writing something else
I’ve mentioned the elusive “novel #4” many times since last summer. I must credit Jan O’Hara, from Writer Unboxed, for her great post on Robert McKee’s negation of the negation principle (read it here). While I’d been ruminating on the … Continue reading