by Dan | Aug 5, 2015 | fantasy, history, horror, steampunk, writing, writing tips
You got to get other people to look at your writing and give you honest feedback before you publish, you just have to. They can tell you what stuff they liked and what stuff they thought was boring. They can tell you what works well and what doesn’t make sense....
by Dan | Jun 17, 2015 | writing, writing tips
I wrote Gunpowder & Alchemy Book 1 in one month. And then I bragged about it. So how come it took me six months to get Book 2 released? Give me a break! Sheesh. I’ve blogged along the way but here’s what’s been happening since January (it’s...
by Dan | May 27, 2015 | history, inspiration, writing
My next book features Matthew Hopkins, the self proclaimed Witchfinder General as the main baddie. While researching the last six months or so I’ve read an awful lot about this conman, serial killer and utter shitbag. I’d like to share some of his story...
by Dan | May 26, 2015 | children's books, fantasy, juvenile fiction, writing, writing tips
“When you say you’re editing your book, what do you mean?” I’ve been asked this a few times now. Let me tell you what I have been up to since I finished the first draft of the new book (“first draft” means I wrote the whole story...
by Dan | Mar 28, 2015 | writing, writing tips
First draft is finished! Hurrah! But what does “finished” mean? For me it means I have all the chapters in and every chapter pretty much has a beginning, middle and an end. You can read the story as it is now and it is “a story”. There are...
by Dan | Feb 18, 2015 | fantasy, juvenile fiction, writing
Hard to believe my last update was just before the New Year when I had barely begun but I have been writing and researching furiously since. Not as furiously as Book 1, of course, or I’d be done by now. In the last six weeks I have written 55,000 words of this...
