Expelling a first draft
We made the NaNoWriMo deadline, completing the first draft of The Long Game novella number five on November 30 (it was a close one). It’s not the prescribed…
NaNoWriMo and other made-up words
This year, we’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo for the first time. For the uninitiated, NaNoWriMo is the abbreviation for National Novel Writing Month, more commonly known as “November.” The idea…
Off for a line edit
We wrapped up our final pass on Things They Buried this weekend and sent it off to our editor for a final read-through and line edit. It feels like the end is finally in sight.
“Steven, this is Clem Fandango. Can you hear me?”
Amanda and I try to self-source whenever possible. When we started discussing an audiobook of Things They Buried, we were quick to decide that we would at least…
What exactly is “science fantasy?”
I finally got around to watching Disney’s John Carter, a reasonable adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars novels. It was fun, a little too…
New author photos up
Thanks to Emily Stansell Photography (Facebook, Instagram) for the fabulous job on our new author photos. She did a great job of capturing both…
Getting closer…
Things They Buried continues to inch closer to publication. We have a tentative launch date (so tentative, I’m not yet willing to post it), and we’re starting to delve into…
Manuscript—Squidget is unsure
Squidget eyes the manuscript for Things They Buried, freshly printed and ready for beta readers.
Writing action scenes
I recently finished a book (one I won’t name because that’s just rude) in which the author strategically dodged action sequences while rolling through the plot. It was an adventure story. I expected action. Instead…
Header photos
Yes, those are our typewriters. No, we don’t write manuscripts on them. Sorry.