Trying to download an image for e-book covers onto lulu.com and I don't have the option to JPG from my version of Word to be able to publish what I wanted. Unfortunately, for now, people will have to be willing to open what is an otherwise bland cover in order to be able to enjoy the contents beneath. Hey, an ugli-fruit looks terrible on the outside but is soooo good on the inside.
By the way, still trying to make time to do some more writing. Several publications in the works and I keep bouncing back and forth. School and everyday life has been taking time away, but I am indeed motivated to finish. The wait will be well worth it, I promise.
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Off the shnide
FINALLY I've gotten back around to some writing again!
As mentioned, I am writing a back-story series based on my Guns and Crosses novel. Some of the more intriguing characters will have off-shoot prequels. Anyone who has seen the Lost series knows what I'm talking about.
How did Jewel Heggeman become an outlaw?
What was Victor Wainwright's relationship with his father really like?
How did Rab Argent turn to a life of bounty hunting?
What pushed John Channing from the bosom of his family after the war to lawlessness?
What was Solomon's life like in Africa before he was brought to America as a slave?
What are some of the connections of the peripheral characters and events in the backgrounds of other characters?
A challenge to be sure to tie the backstories together but it should be fun and interesting.
As mentioned, I am writing a back-story series based on my Guns and Crosses novel. Some of the more intriguing characters will have off-shoot prequels. Anyone who has seen the Lost series knows what I'm talking about.
How did Jewel Heggeman become an outlaw?
What was Victor Wainwright's relationship with his father really like?
How did Rab Argent turn to a life of bounty hunting?
What pushed John Channing from the bosom of his family after the war to lawlessness?
What was Solomon's life like in Africa before he was brought to America as a slave?
What are some of the connections of the peripheral characters and events in the backgrounds of other characters?
A challenge to be sure to tie the backstories together but it should be fun and interesting.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
In Absentia
A lot of things going on lately... position change at work, enrollment in classes in the works, reconnection with my family... which have prevented me from spending time or creative juices on my series. Still enjoying life, just not on the printed word.
Fear not; writing is something I've tended to do in spurts (although any "professional" writer will tell you to spend at least some time each day writing). Ernest Hemingway used to write standing up each morning; guess he didn't have a sciatic nerve problem which put his leg to sleep!
That's my update for now; an update to say that I have no update! I can't force creativity, but I can see a point where I spend an afternoon and the thing writes itself and I crank out a dozen pages at a pop.
Fear not; writing is something I've tended to do in spurts (although any "professional" writer will tell you to spend at least some time each day writing). Ernest Hemingway used to write standing up each morning; guess he didn't have a sciatic nerve problem which put his leg to sleep!
That's my update for now; an update to say that I have no update! I can't force creativity, but I can see a point where I spend an afternoon and the thing writes itself and I crank out a dozen pages at a pop.
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