Charles French, whose most excellent blog I follow, shares his WIP status and asks readers to do likewise. Well, this will be a pingback rather than a comment, but it all counts, hey?Just twiddling over the final chapter of Two…
Category: writing
My words!
For research, I have been reading rather a lot of erotica. For research purposes. I don't do it to enjoy myself.Here's my take on a good erotic short:1. Reasonably credible plot and characters. The characters have to have reasons to…
RTFM
Manual cars are a bit of a challenge nowadays. I've driven automatic for so long that when I occasionally rent one - because I can't afford anything better in a strange country - it's an adventure.So I made driving one…
Coming alive
There's a moment - and every writer knows it well - where the characters step off the kerb and start walking for themselves.No matter how tightly the story is plotted, how rigidly the character's actions and appearance and thoughts are…
Two Cum Carrie
Tucumcari Tonite, read the signs along Route 66. And for the travellers motoring along the old two-lane, that must have seemed like a good place to aim for: a tiny town with nothing much besides motels, diners, and gas stations.Once…
Road of Enchantment
There's been a choice facing me. Iran or Route 66? Where is "Two-come Carrie" heading off to next?I decided today. See if you can guess.Now, I just need a plot…And a couple of climaxes…Oh the choices in my life!Britni Image…
Fun or profit?
As noted on Twitter, my first month of writing erotica for fun and profit was only 50% successful.That's okay. I'm having fun, and building the business. There's a tonne of people writing erotica and publishing on Kindle. A lot of…
Jolly Rancher
Amarillo at sunset. The light was low, a long day of driving behind, but I wasn't going to drive past in the dark.One of the most surreal sights of my life. A line of classic Cadillacs planted nose down in…
Chain-drinking coffee
Yesterday was a writing day. After days of skimping and well, doing other things related to writing, I finally knuckled down and finished Mile High Scrub, the first in what is planned to be five stories about a tour group…
Crash test smarties
Yesterday I spoke about finding and hopefully fixing a major problem in my writing strategy, I think I've got it covered, but that just came out of the blue at me.I don't know yet what I'm doing wrong. Only yesterday…
