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Fan Fiction: Am I Doing It Wrong?
Fan fiction is huge. No doubt about it. FanFiction.net has hundreds of thousands of people on it, with millions of words of stories based on the works of other people, crafted, (obviously) by fans of said work. There are authors who turn a blind eye to it, and authors who get offended and lawsuit happy …
Setting As (Changing) Character in Fiction
I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m now writing a series of short stories which take place in the same setting as my first novel. (A community playhouse.) I’ll be putting them in a collection and probably self-publishing them like many of my friends have, as a prelude or interest-sparker for the novel. But that’s …
Critique Progress
I can’t say enough about how helpful the comments from the novel review group have been in regards to Flowers for Dionysus We have met only twice so far, each meeting covering about ten thousand words of my novel. Be that as it may, things that have been brought up, praised and suggested have already begun …
Novel Reviews Imminent
Though the timing and structure have not yet been determined, I have decided that I will be submitting the current draft of Flowers for Dionysus to the small novel critique group of which I am a part. “Submitting” is probably overstating it. It’s a group of three other writers, whom I trust, all of whom I …
“Novel 2” Progress
If you’ve followed me on either Twitter or this blog, you know that I have two novels in progress. One, Flowers for Dionysus is, which is undergoing its fourth revision. It’s the one I talk about most and the one that’s closest to being publish or query ready. Sometimes, you’ll hear me speak of what I …
