I’m sure no one cares about the trials and tribulations of swapping two chapters and splitting another one into two. I did it and I don’t care about it. It was tedious and annoying. I need to look into writing tools. That split infinitives are considered an English grammar error is a hold-over from theContinue reading “Split Infinitives”
Category Archives: Writing
My Competition
I’m not going to name the book or author because this is basically a random sample and there is no reason to pick on this book/person specifically. 173 reviews. 4.3 star average. “The only sound was of the doors parting and then the thing dropping through them and hitting the stone floor of the intersectionContinue reading “My Competition”
Call for Alpha Readers
I’ve mentioned this before, but it was buried in other things. Leaving a (somewhat self-serving) comment on According to Hoyt, I realized a dedicated landing page for it would be handy. This is that page. I want to send out just the first half. It’s a decent stopping point. If the feedback is “Dear G*d!Continue reading “Call for Alpha Readers”
Channeling? Possesion?
I’ve heard authors, particularly Sarah Hoyt, say that their characters want to be written. I’ve never quite understood, until now. It was more than “flow“. That smartass Luke took me over, yesterday. I was up until 0300 and the words just poured out. The last hour’s output is a bit dubious, but the rest ofContinue reading “Channeling? Possesion?”
The Hobgoblin of Consistency
That’s the last one. I think it’s a contender. Illustrate pulls at me. The chapters are getting longer. I tried to fight this, but I’m giving up. It’s too early to worry about it and constantly renumbering things is getting expensive. I’m writing as a file per chapter, so renumbering changes all the filenames. InContinue reading “The Hobgoblin of Consistency”
Winner So Far
It’s still cranking away (68% done). I’m reviewing and deleting as it goes, which will probably confuse it when it tries to show the results, but whatever. Checklist: Weapon. Glowing stuff. Monsters. Color. Not photo-realistic. My criteria: not anime, ridiculous muscles, and a not-obscene crotch. There’s something a little weird about the wolf on theContinue reading “Winner So Far”
Space and Time
Chapter 7 remains done. Chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11 are undergoing serious edits. One of the reasons that our intrepid hero becomes over powered is that he is the first on Earth to claim a sector. With no instruction manual, no one knows this is even a “thing”. He does it the way dogsContinue reading “Space and Time”
Illustration
That cover is an example of illustrating the book. I really like it, even now. However, it falls into that cartoon-ish category I want to avoid. Tom and Luke don’t partially shift, at least not yet, so the guy with the werewolf head is not a thing. Digression: That’s a font problem. What the heckContinue reading “Illustration”
Blurb
I’m rather post-y today. That horrible image is from the same prompt that worked, but a different model. I’m not going to link to it because I’m sure it’s fine for other things and this absolutely, insanely bad (all 36 are; this is not cherry-picked for awfulness). Now that I (sort of) have a cover,Continue reading “Blurb”
Much Better Model
This is from Indigo Void Furry Fused XL / Furry NoobAI. Checklist: Weapon. Glowing Eyes. Monsters. A bit Monochrome. Not Photo-realistic. If only he were looking down, not up. These are the best two from an small initial run to see if it worked. I’m cranking out a thousand of them, now. ETA: 8 hours.Continue reading “Much Better Model”
Marked Up 