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Things I wish I’d written in 2014
My annual shameless plug of other authors’ work, and why. These are things I read in 2014. Note that the books weren’t necessarily published this year, I just read them for the first time in 2014....
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On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your pain? I enjoyed Big Hero 6, but there was a moment in the movie—where Hiro is turning everyone into superheroes—where I went, “What, get out of my movie....
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Lots of fun at our house last night. Power surges, lights flickering, and blue sparks coming from seemingly everywhere. One set of lights went out, but the rest of the power stayed on. A fuse, we...
View ArticleSo, what does your character look like?
We’re 80% of the way through our second major draft of LINESMAN 2, which has the working title of KARI WANG, named for the secondary point-of-view character. “What does Kari Wang look like?” I ask...
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We read our stories aloud, and can’t recommend it enough to other writers. No matter how many times you read something on the screen, you will always pick up extra problems reading aloud. Awkward...
View ArticleThe benefits of co-authoring
We finished revising a major draft of LINESMAN Book 2 recently. There’s a lot more work to do on it, but this version is essentially complete. We’re at the stage where we’d normally put the book aside...
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Reflections on writing series books – part 1
You’re a newbie author, trying to work out what to write. Should you write a series, because if you sell the book, chances are you’ll be asked to write two more books, all about the same character? Or...
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The series arc Now that we’ve gotten the ‘why’ of writing a series out of the way, let’s talk about some of the things you need to consider when writing it. The first is the series arc. You can write...
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This week I’ll give you a break from talking about series to talk about the movie we saw last weekend. Kingsman. A clever, coming-of-age story about a boy who becomes a spy (or the equivalent of). With...
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We’re moving
It’s time for a change. Moving day We’ve been blogging on this site for nine years now. Recently, we set up the website for S. K. Dunstall, which will contain more than just a blog. It will include...
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