http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea Writing a fantasy novel on-line, from first draft to final version Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:29:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Calder bought an iPad as an eReader. Neither of us were planning to. Just before they came out she asked me if I was planning on buying one. I'm the techno-geek. I love toys like this (except for some reason I never buy phones). I'm always the ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/194 Sometimes I feel I'm the only person in the world who doesn't have time for Twitter and Facebook. Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against either of them. They're great sites. It's just that the way I use my computer and the internet is changing. I find that ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/193 You've seen it in the movies, you read about it in books, particularly whodunits and thrillers. The hero needs information. This information is hard to get. It's on a government computer somewhere. Our hero goes to a friend or a workmate or a relative who, just coincidentally--or not so coincidentally if ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/192 Writing time is scarce in a full working day. I take any time I can, even lunchtime, to write. I have it down pat now. Pick a not-so-busy time to eat, find a quiet cafe, order food, then pull out the PC and start working. Since I purchased a ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/191 If you've read this blog before you will know that I'm not a big fan of prologues. A good prologue gives you information that is not part of the main story but that is important to know. It is often set in a different time to that of the main novel, ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/190 I'm a little depressed today. I've a cold coming on, a really bad headache and it the whole 'not working well' attitude seems to have crept into my writing as well. My NaNoWriMo novel from last year, which has been progressing so well, is close to completion. I have two scenes ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/189 I have just finished critiquing a fellow writer's novel. It was a pretty good read. I enjoyed it a lot. But, it was a critique and so I after I commented on the good things, I concentrated on what didn't work. The main problems with the story were easy to pick. ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/188 Script Frenzy This is slightly outside my normal posts about writing novels, but I am a big supporter of NaNoWriMo, even though some years I am too busy to actually participate. I like the way it kick-starts my writing habits and makes me get down there and just write. Those ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/187 We used to include a tag line in our queries for Not So Simple After All: For those who like their traditional fantasy tinged with light-hearted fun. It never got us anywhere, and early on we realised that mentioning the word 'tradtional' in our fantasy query was akin to a kiss of ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/186 Over on Nathan Bransford's blog he posed the question do you own your characters or do your characters own you? He says: I ... find it curious to hear authors so completely in thrall to their worlds and characters, and I start wondering, "Wait a second, who's in charge here?" Nathan Bransford ... http://www.infinitediversity.com.au/anovelidea/archives/185