Chapters 16 and 17 are “done”. 18, 19, 20 are half-ish. The rest are a paragraph, at most. However, fighting with fonts made me wonder: When could I get this published? My plan is to have the first and second ready-to-upload done before pressing the button on #1. The third will be written before theContinue reading “Publishing Schedule”
Category Archives: LitRPG Werewolves
Font Search 3
Better, but no. For some reason, that feels Western. I hate this process. It’s so tedious and aesthetically gratuitous. That’s Megalito-Slab-Extra-Condensed, which is supposed a “free” font similar to ENBOK Regular. It’s not free. It’s free to download, but if you use it for anything, you need the commercial license. Even a lot of “freeContinue reading “Font Search 3”
Consider Leaving It Out?
A status update while Monday morning coffee takes effect. Somewhere in the giant mass of posts about writing, I mentioned that I often lose interest in a series around book 10. After some introspection, I realized that this is usually when the “our intrepid hero” story becomes too broad, complicated, and political. I’m finding thatContinue reading “Consider Leaving It Out?”
Overthinking
Words matter, but not every word (I hope). I just spent a minute rewriting this sentence several times: He turned to Frank, who was watching the banter, stunned. Frank is not only “watching” the banter; he’s also hearing it. “observing” would be better. Wait, that means “looking”, too. It doesn’t flow well, either. “watching” itContinue reading “Overthinking”
Whew! They’re Young!
I’ve been having all sorts of debates with myself about political things, criminal justice, etc… All the things that go horribly sideways after an apocalypse. I just noticed something about my characters’ backstories: They’re all young. This is by-design. It’s also the case in almost all action stories for the same reason I chose it:Continue reading “Whew! They’re Young!”
Who Are These People?
My ensemble cast is growing. I swear I outlined backstories for our four intrepid high school age werewolves (nee football players – an idea stolen from Fire From the Sky and every Army recruiter in the last century). I couldn’t remember who came from where and had what. “Open that backstory file,” I thought toContinue reading “Who Are These People?”
So That’s Why: Economics
I just smashed into a barrier far worse than the magic one, which I could smash with handwavium. I now realize that this is why so many LitRPG books either ditch Earth or rebuild it. I’m writing it as post-apocalypse. The same people are still around in the same places – except the dead ones,Continue reading “So That’s Why: Economics”
Version Control?
I was just switching branches at work and the question occurred to me: Should my book be under version control? I have gogs setup inside my VM cluster. I could map a mount point across the host/guest boundary. I haven’t needed it, yet, but that’s the sort of thing one wants setup before one needsContinue reading “Version Control?”
Font Search 2
Told you. For whatever reason, I woke up an hour early. Some WhatFontIs searching during first-coffee… Site info: I’m starting with a “condensed serif” search. This post is to keep track of the names. At page 10, they started being sans. The Headline category: At page 10, again. We live in an age of sans-serif.Continue reading “Font Search 2”
Font Search 1
I’m sure there will be a “2” so I might as well number the first one. I’m a little too hyped up from Riverdance to go to bed. Why not search for fonts? That’s sleep inducing. How do you know you’re old? “AI” doesn’t pop into your head as the first option for problems suchContinue reading “Font Search 1”
Marked Up 