Category: On Writing

  • Intent

    Intent

    So Camp starts next week. AJ’s planning on Editing for the whole month. We’ve decided that we will share with you starting in July the rewrite of the Power of Succession. It was a short book around 40K when last shared, now it’s about 58K which is better. The story is more fluid and things…

  • Canon

    Canon

    First things that comes to mind is Johnny Deep’s Captain Sparrow “Stop shooting at my ship!” Or was it stop blowing holes in my ship. Either way cannon. The second thought was things that were canon in my world that might not actually be known yet. Did you know Isabel actually remembered her first life…

  • Editing

    Editing

    Editing is a big job. One AJ actually hates doing. We should really buckle down and edit the books. We have renamed the books. That’s pretty big. The whole series as a world is called “The Game of Souls”. The premise being that Order and Chaos the two sides of the Umbra are playing a…

  • Contest Time

    Contest Time

    It’s that time of year again where AJ enters the annual Summer Writing Contest at The Write Practice. So I’m going to be a pompous ass and tell you a bit about it. It’s all about me – of course! AJ’s taking a different perspective and writing it Third Person PoV so you won’t get…

  • Again

    Again

    we missed Friday and we almost missed today. Ajs head a rough week writing. She’s changed the story again. It might not be what you expect so well see how this version goes. I guess it’s better than rewriting a billion times.

  • Am I a Hero?

    Am I a Hero?

    Today on AJ’s feed an article by KM Weiland popped up. One of those authors AJ follows for their writing advice. Today’s article was about ten qualities all likable hero’s must possess. And I of course had to check myself up against those criteria. But I’m eager to hear what my average reader thinks as…

  • Accents

    Accents

    So I don’t know if I’ve ever shared it before. AJ hears me in her head and I’m not exactly like I should sound. I wasn’t born in New York City but that is where I grew up in all those language learning years. And as AJ edits my story, we realized we have a…

  • Inspiration

    Inspiration

    So have AJ found a new element to add to the overall story of my world. And it’s all because of a pintrest rabbit hole she fell down. It sounds like an epic romance. One that hopefully you get snippets of in my story and AJ might actually write in reality. But not till I’m…

  • My Greatest Fear

    My Greatest Fear

    So when AJ started writing me I was a pretty cocky guy. I was afraid of nothing. I was the center of attention. My flaws were pretty mundane. But in reality I was kinda two D. AJ had an idea and the first time she wrote me, I surprised her. And every subsequent post I…

  • What is Creepy?

    What is Creepy?

    There are a great many things that AJ does to create a character. One of them is to find a birth date that matches our personalities. Now my birthday was chosen for the First Age based on it being a cusp, and the two signs were closest to being opposites. But when AJ transferred me…

  • The Nightmare’s Children

    The Nightmare’s Children

    So… Ya’ll heard (OMG AJ!!!) Okay let’s start that over. Youz guyz heard… No that’s not right either… Not Brooklyn or Jersey shudders Anyway. Darwynn’s Law is done. At least it’s wrapped up. AJ has gone through DLs rewrite and taken about 17 scenes that you’ll be reading or have read that will start out…

  • Smile for the Camera

    Smile for the Camera

    Well not literally, AJ is taking snapshots or rather writing snapshots of the story we’ve finished, what we know is to come, and she’s working through an even larger story that came to her over that last writing contest. Did I ever share her entry? It’s not precisely canon but I can share if I…

  • New Year, New Goal

    New Year, New Goal

    So I fucked up at the end there. I missed three posts at the end of the fucking year. Thanks AJ for blowing my streak. But it’s for a good cause right? AJ having an office, and quiet space and rooms and a kitchen and all that is worth it right? So again I have…

  • The Children of Morpheus

    The Children of Morpheus

    AJ’s playing a little with things with the third installment of the arc. It’s a pretty big book in terms of me. But as AJ stalls at work today for today is a Christmas party. And she had a thought while in the car she just remembered to look up. With a little more reading…